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At the age of 12, I felt unwanted in my family. I decided I needed to run away from home and find another place to live. At first I moved in with other families of kids I barely knew. I quickly learned what kind of people take in runaways without contacting other appropriate adults. …
Getting UP to Zero… a cliff note survival story… Read More »
I was a national sales person for many years. I could be on the road as much as three weeks a month and working 6 out of 7 days each of those weeks. I worked hard and made myself, and the company I represented, a lot of money. As I was nearing what would become known as …
Having been traumatized by chronic abuse, my healing required countless and various types of therapeutic treatments in order to achieve the level of health, for which I now both enjoy and feel profoundly grateful. There are many paths through and out of the dark “forest”, what I call the emotionally challenging times in life. …
I keep thinking I want to write about “The Captain”, but in the next thought, I don’t know if I can. I don’t remember a lot of it. I can’t seem to write anything else right now, so I guess I need to do this. Fine. I’ll try and see what happens, but first …
Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum- Captain wanted to Kill Me Read More »
The boxed set holder of books on cassette tape from the library was HUGE; the size of those fat yellow pages…like the ones I used to sit on so that I could see over the steering wheel to drive. After listening to the first tape, I was hooked. I was so drawn into the stories …
If I Only Had One Moment in Time to Give a Message, this is what I would say~ Every good and bad thing that has been done to you is ONLY because the person who did it thought it would give him/her something they believe they needed.Be it power, satisfaction, value, respect, revenge, love… …
I am reading a book called “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek. He explains the power behind starting every endeavor firmly planted on the foundation of the WHY you are doing (blank). So I thought Id try to write it out… easier said than done… here’s what I came up with: Why: I believe …
I was a born super star… Much like Mary Katherine Gallagher from SNL… (I even did a “suphah star” pose during one of my competitions~ But I was an awkward misfit, constantly bullied…I was very petite, next to the shortest person in the entire school but in private I loved to perform. Once …
Lesbians taught me how to be a woman. I was sexual with girls in the 4th grade. Sexuality was wide open and totally accepted in my world. Playboy was on the coffee table. I was born in 1964 so when I was growing up in the 70’s, nudity and sexuality, female rights…were all in …
My father used to call me Sarah Berhardt: Sarah Bernhardt October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage and early film actress. She was referred to as “the most famous actress the world has ever known”. Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, at …
The journey through the dark forest of self-healing is just like any other journey…you have to be prepared for a very long adventure. Some of it is spectacular and surreal. At some of the lowest spits, it may cause you to question whether the breath you take to be alive is even worth it. This pendulum …