We Are All a Mess
A big hot mess is no way to describe a person, but it has been pretty common in some survivor circles. It seems to me that every single person alive has been a big hot mess at one time or another. No one has it...
Abortion Is Violence Against Women
Let's be consistent. If we are advocating to protect women from violence, but then turn on them when they are most vulnerable, during pregnancy, we betray all the people we work for by our own efforts. If we just think about it for a moment,...
Lyme Life Monday ~
Stuck Are you stuck in a rut? So many people are. I know a lot of people with chronic illness, like Lyme, that have seasons of blah and seasons of exciting growth. I often wonder what makes the difference. Are they just lucky, especially motivated, inexplicably...
Have You Achieved the Intangible?
There's a lot of talk about achieving around us. How many of us have achieved the intangible? Achievers In NH, we have a 40 under 40 list of high achievers. Nationally, there's the Fortune 500, Fortune 50!, the Emmys, the Dove Awards, the Best Seller's List, the...
Bill Nye is Part of the Great Divide
I am astonished at the way some celebrities, like Bill Nye, are cavalier with the lives of others. I would think they'd be terrified to discard others the way they often do. Bill Nye Bill Nye, a children's TV host, has been around for a long time....
I’m Not Suicidal, I Just Forgot to Brush My Hair
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Among other causes, I am in awe of the people on the front lines of this tragic phenomenon. I remember meeting a suicide prevention call center volunteer. She was a wreck, thin and pale. Vicarious suffering was taking such a...
Self-Care for Survivors
Survivor Leader is the term for advocates who work in the field of their own experience. Self care is critical care, not pampering. Impact It’s appropriate for sure, but for me, it tends to make me feel a bit damaged, maybe a little haggard or scarred. I...
The Baby is Not the Adversary
She was raped and now she's pregnant. How you feel about that matters...
Activist with Chronic Illness
Amy Carmichael was born 100 years before me. She was an activist in every sense. She established an orphanage to rescue children in India. Some of the children were trafficking victims or those who were at risk to be prostituted in the temples for the...
Anti-trafficking Task Force in New Hampshire?
I am a survivor of juvenile sex trafficking here in New Hampshire and have lived here almost all of my life. I just learned of the anti-trafficking task force in NH. Grant It was great to see that NH had been granted $1,300,000 federal dollars to combat...