What Failure Looks Like

“Here’s another failure.” Looking back at me on Facebook is the beautiful, smiling face of a young woman. She’s a “failure,” too. Like me, as she referenced in her statement. She was replying to this photo of my friends and fellow survivors, Melody and Claire. I say...

You Are More-A Message To Survivors

As many of you may have noticed, I’ve been working at revamping The Abortion Survivors Network, and I’m also working away at a healing curriculum/self-study that will be released soon. I know it’s been a long time coming, but there’s been a lot of irons in the fire...

When a Rainbow Baby Arrives In a Storm

As posted originally at Her View from Home on January 7, 2019. Turkey and mashed potatoes sit blandly on the dark brown tray of the hospital bed in front of me. I pick at them blithely, despite being ravenous, as I stare blankly at the white walls that feel like...

Surviving an Abortion

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Homeward bound

This was the day I came home to my parents in October of 1977.  My hair was starting to grow back after my head had been shaved for IV lines. I weighed around five pounds here at just under two months of age.  I was able to go home to my parents because I survived...