Whenever people tell me I’m brave, I feel like a huge fraud. I don’t feel brave. At all. Friends and strangers alike reference me sharing about my abusive…
In the end, there wasn’t any one or even multiple tipping points. Just a cavalcade of tiny irritants disguised as the business of keeping three – then four…
I am currently trying not to panic. A friend’s father is dying and I am a mess. Obviously, not the same as her and her feelings. But nevertheless,…
[Content Warning: physical abuse] I am in a shitty mood. Part of it is that my period is going to start. Part of it is that I still…
Today’s Guest Post is from my friend, SW Chica. When I read her first draft, she had included a line from her mother that seared straight into my soul. “I…
(Trigger Warning: Physical and emotional abuse.) Here’s a video of me reading an excerpt of this piece for Moxie Road Productions. Below is the original piece in its entirety. I…
I have been hiding. I was on a good roll for a few weeks, posting almost daily, writing and typing to my heart’s content and then, last Friday,…
The other day, I was flipping through my journal and ran across an old entry from almost seven years ago. (Hey, this journal has been neglected. What can…