domestic violence | domestic violence
May.04.2013
A few years ago, I had a friend whose wife and daughter had both been child sexual abuse victims. One day he asked me, “If child sexual abuse is so prevalent maybe there’s nothing wrong with it. Maybe it’s just a normal part of civilization.” I looked at him as if he was crazy.
Over the years, I’...
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Apr.22.2013
Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Thirty-four years ago this week a miracle was born unto me, a baby girl with curly brown hair and a smile that will light up the remainder of my days. Happy birthday...
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Feb.24.2013
I am editing my memoirs, a manuscript I began twenty-years ago. My plan is to download it as a Kindle on amazon.com as soon as I get it copyrighted. Every time I begin working on it I find myself traveling back to the family life of an incest victim. Excerpts from my book illustrates what it...
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Aug.12.2012
Having survived three domestic violence relationships, I’ve discovered there is a formula that describes most. Untreated child abuse + codependent behavior = a domestic violence situation waiting to happen. Once you move past the formula a complex history lurks. There are other formulas but...
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Aug.06.2012
Interest in Jane Austen has revived these days but, although she was a favorite, I had an enduring fascination with the Bronte's. In my older sister’s bedroom were Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre in the woodcut editions. I was fascinated by these illustrations and,...
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Aug.04.2012
Gombrowicz arrived in Argentina aboard the Polish cruiser the Chrobry. War broke out and he decided to stay. He remained there, in great poverty, till 1963. Trans-atlantyk was born from this exile.
Kundera led me to his work first. Writing about Ferdydurke, "Will the man...
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Jul.21.2012
Today was our local Lamplighter Meeting. We hold it at the Public Library once a month from 10:00 am to Noon. I’ve been doing this for five years. When I first started out I had an interview with the local radio station regarding the meetings, an interview in the local paper, I mailed announcements...
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Jul.21.2012
By now, we're up to 2004, when KidThree was thirteen. On "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day, I'd let her know she was welcome to try to move in with us when and if she needed, but she wasn't quite ready yet to take me up on the offer. Throughout her year of eighth grade, I took her to her...
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May.26.2012
On May 10th, The Hindu, a New Delhi, India newspaper reported:
“The Lok Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India) on Tuesday passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011. The Bill, already passed by the Rajya Sabha, (lower house of the Parliament of India) will protect...
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Jan.15.2012
When I wrote my book Darkness Overturned (originally titled Light Through the Dark Glass) I was deeply religious, clinging to the reality of God as my Father –and to the church. I believed in the “straight and narrow way” and sought approval not just from the Almighty, but from church leaders...
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