Jan 15, 2018
I’ll reiterate that again from the title, because it bears repeating. You, survivor, are enough. I’m talking to you, my fellow abortion survivors, but this message is one that fits any of us who survive something difficult or traumatic. You are enough. Your self-worth...
Jan 1, 2018
“There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child”–Anonymous. My mother protected me from the truth about surviving the abortion attempt for many years. My biological mother protected me from the pain of some of the hardest truths about my survival...
Dec 18, 2017
Confession: I’m one of *those* people who starts longing to put the Christmas tree up as Halloween rolls around. I’m not sure when that pining began, since growing up, my dad fought for Thanksgiving to be given the respect, time and food it justly deserved. There...
Dec 4, 2017
“Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.” Strong words, I know. Those words leapt out at me as I read an article recently in Time magazine by Laurie Penny about the recent “Me, Too” response to Harvey Weinstein’s behaviors and the reality that this isn’t just...
Nov 20, 2017
“Have I suffered enough?” I’ve been turning this over in my head a lot lately. I tend to do that pretty frequently, but it seems to happen most consistently this time of year. Maybe it’s because I subconsciously recognize that decades ago, at this very time, I...
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