Let there be Light

(Trigger warning: subject matter involves child sexual abuse.) As many of you know, I was sexually abused as a child. There were two incidents -- one involved an old man, and the other, an older boy. The first involved being groomed by an adult, the other was the "natural" result of being consistently intimidated and … Continue reading Let there be Light

Speaking from Experience

I read this article last week and have been thinking about it ever since. This quote sums it up well. People who live abroad get broken there.....They have seen poverty and the global realities of politics and their own ideas on these topics have been transformed. They are no longer welcome, when they speak from … Continue reading Speaking from Experience