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September 2015

September 26, 2015

Brave New Life: Part 7: The Journey Continues

This post is part of a series, to start with the introduction click here. It...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Finally Heard? The Duggar Aftermath

We've called out abuse. We've talked about this. For years survivors of the fundamentalist...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Re-Post: Lies we tell ourselves about abuse

This post was originally published June 2011. One of the things that prompted my finally admitting...

October 10, 2014

Re-Post: I’m Not Afraid Anymore

This post was originally published November 2010. I had spent years trying to put on...

October 08, 2014

Breaking the Silence

Cynthia Jeub telling her story brings up a lot for me. Memories. Memories of hiding...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

“When The Christian Issue Comes Home”

A close friend called to tell me that I had a new religion in the...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Jessa Duggar’s Happily Ever After

So Jessa Duggar is officially courting and seeing the headlines on news sites and the...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Malpractice on the Air

It was almost midnight and I was driving home after my usual shift. Yawning, I...

June 2012

June 08, 2012

Submission and Prison Cells: Part 2

Click here for Part OneLet me start by saying a sincere “I am sorry” to...

June 06, 2012

Submission and Prison Cells: Part 1

Almost five years ago, I was a devout conservative Christian. I had been married over two years,...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Dreams of Defiance

I can hear them in the next room. Dad yanks at his arm, yelling at...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

You never know who is listening

Family was up visiting, and we had some church members over for coffee after church....

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Unraveling the Wizard

A while back I was talking to a sister on the phone and she related...

June 27, 2011

Lies we tell ourselves about abuse

We want to think the best of people. We want to tell ourselves that we...