Only a few of you know that I endured a childhood filled with medical abuse that must have arisen from a factitious disorder from which my mother suffered. The situation is now colloquially referred to as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. I have written about my experience for the last thirteen years, during which time I finally put all the pieces […]
Mothers and Soul-Eating Child Abuse
Warning: triggers, child abuse, child rape, incest This morning, Thursday, July 16, 2014, I was doing my favorite morning thing: not talking and just sipping coffee and perusing news and posts from friends. I was quietly slipping into daily life and the busy day ahead that included posting one of the pre-conference posts post I […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 2
The current outbreak of measles in a Texas community unfortunately illustrates where group-think based in ignorance, power over children to the detriment of those children, and ridicule of non-believers that keeps members in check can lead. I wrote about this yesterday in conjunction with Shot@Life, an international campaign to vaccinate and immunize the world’s children. […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 1
I’m writing this as a reminder to myself and others about what we as a people, as humanity, know, and what we should act upon. This post started out as a rant, but the rant will be in Part 2 as tomorrow’s post, and the action item is today’s post. The outbreak of measles in […]
2012 Non-Apocalyptic Wrap Up
The last day of the year. How is this possible? I remember thinking way back when I was in my twenties how remarkably far away the Millennium was and how horrifically old I would be when it happened. Good Lord I would be in my 40s! Now heading into the 14th year past the whoop-de-do […]
Perspective Brought Home: Mourning on My Birthday
It had not been a great week leading up to my beautiful, silly dog, Mr. Worf, dying from an attack by Africanized bees the day before my 55th birthday. I suffered from medical abuse as a child and interaction with my family can dredge up lots of stress and sadness. With every passing year I […]