People who know me now will find this very hard to believe, but up until I was 33 years old, I could not speak up.…
The Case for Late-Term Abortions
My girlfriend Danielle* finally heard the news that she had always wanted to hear, “You’re pregnant!” At almost thirty-eight years old, her dreams were…
My Scars
I stand here before you naked Shaking and afraid It is not my skin that I am baring It is my soul that is on…
The Perception of Fear: And the Agony of Reality
My father passed away in 2005. He was not a good man and had abandoned and/or threatened his entire family. We hadn’t spoken in more…
The Swiss Cheese of Self Esteem
I’ve always dealt with self-esteem issues. I was born to very damaged parents who were dealing with their own pain, and couldn’t give me something…
Love is a Force of Strength, not a Sedentary Thought of Weakness
I hear all of this chatter about “tree huggers” and “mamby pamby love crap” with people claiming that walking in love is for sissies, hippies,…
Confessions of a Strong Woman
People think that I’m strong, I’m not. I’ve just learned to hide it better than most. People claim that I am an inspiration, when in…
Rape Culture
Rape Culture Of all my years on Earth, I only know of a single woman that, at some point in her life, was not been…
