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Things We Haven’t Said
Things We Haven’t Said
I am honored to have contributed a writing to this brave anthology of poems, essays and articles written by survivors – Things We Haven’t Said. Like all the other authors in the book, I hope what I have written will reach someone who needs it, and help protect our children. For as long as I can remember, our collective silence has protected abusers and put children at risk. The stories in…
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Managing Triggers
Have you heard the word “trigger” used in the context of surviving abuse? I was first exposed to this term about 10 years ago. My abuse happened 40 years ago, so I lived with triggers for 30 years without understanding, or even having a name for them. A trigger is anything that sets you off emotionally and activates memories of your trauma…triggered, we revert to the feelings and behaviors we…
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I had an experience last April that I haven’t talked about yet. My friend, Moira Finley, has this amazing idea that churches should find a place to name and honor the strength of survivors of sexual abuse and assault. At first read, this would seem like a no brainer. Churches are supposed to welcome people, you know, like Jesus did. Many churches work very hard to be inclusive of everyone and…
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A Million Stories
Six days ago, Kelly Oxford, a nationally known author and public figure tweeted the story of the first time she was sexually assaulted and invited others to do the same. Kelly was 12 years old when a man on a city bus grabbed her between the legs and smiled at her. Since last week, she has received over a million tweets of similar stories from women. At times, more than 50 per minute. “Groped,…
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Triggers Sometimes Do Die Down
Triggers Sometimes Do Die Down
Six years ago, I asked Marie Fortune of Faith Trust Institute if I would ever be able to experience a change in ministers at my church without it triggering me. I had asked similar questions of others before. It’s my biggest trigger – causing flashbacks and anxiety attacks. I was abused by a minister who was transferred to my church just after losing a minister who had been a lifesaving pastor…
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How to Stop Rape
How to Stop Rape
“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we all act as if it’s something shocking and extraordinary whenever it hits the headlines. We remain silent, and so we condone it…Until rape, and the structures – sexism, inequality, tradition – that make it possible, are part of our dinner-table conversation with the next generation, it…
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In Remembrance of Tim
In Remembrance of Tim
My uncle has died. Tim Lawrence, date of birth May 6, 1968; date of death January 8, 2016. Length of life: much, much too short. This post will be honest, potentially shocking, and I hope, not harmful to any survivors who will read it. It may be triggering, as all posts on this blog have the potential to be. Writing about someone’s death is always difficult. I have not known what to say about…
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If You Want To Go Far, Go Together.
If You Want To Go Far, Go Together.
I am concerned about our world. More so than normal. It feels like everyone is living in fear. We have a constant stream in the news of shootings, attacks, rapes of 3 year old children in church bathrooms (wtf?), terrorism, domestic violence killings, victim blaming, racist slurs, poor bashing, woman bashing, man bashing. You name it in the fear category, we’ve got it. And fear is this tricky…
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The Man Who Raped Me Has Died
The Man Who Raped Me Has Died
“He’s dead.” I had been waiting to hear those words for many years. I knew that as soon as those words were true, the world would be a safer place. I was raped as a teenager by a man my family and I trusted…our pastor. I was not the only person raped by him. There were many of us, but only two of us came forward and accused him. We were not successful in convicting him, neither one of us.…
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