The Benefit of Hiding

Dear Reader, WARNING! DO NOT read this post if you are triggered by any form of domestic violence, sexual predation, or PTSD due to personal trauma. All Readers proceed with caution. Take the best care of you.  Thank you for your witnessing heart and mind. This Rite-of-Passage story has not been shared in its entirety […]

Don’t Say a Word

Dear Readers, I am standing for the courage and the tenacity of this nineteen-year-old woman. In 1968 there is no term for post-traumatic stress. Her support system helping to ferry her through these rocky straits are the letter from Alice and the two books. I honor the time it has taken for her to reach […]

The Trap is Set

WARNING… Dear Readers, as stated in the last post…I appreciate your empathic eyes, your compassionate hearts, and your thoughtful comments both here and those received via email. Warning: violence ahead Take good care and tend to yourself. Do not read this excerpt if you are subject to PTSD. Do not read this excerpt if you are […]