CELEBRATION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR ALIVE
A long time ago, a man I once tried to love nearly killed me, held me at gunpoint and brutalized me for 17 hours in what had once been our…
A long time ago, a man I once tried to love nearly killed me, held me at gunpoint and brutalized me for 17 hours in what had once been our…
The sky is wide and forgiving.There were leaves and grass in my hairand a different look about me when you loved me.In the mirror, my morning face is map relief.You…
Which came first, my love? The night sky, or the fissure of light splitting it?So many years ago, at dinner, you said to me,just before we sat at the glass-topped table,after…
And then there is the moment when you know that you are finally free, and freedom feels a little bit like a victory lap. Thank you to Centre Safe, District Attorney…
I went back today to the courthouse where I took my abuser to court almost two decades ago. It was the first time I've been back since that day in…
When I got out of the violence many years ago, one of the ways I rebuilt my life was to remind myself every morning in my writing that the only…
This is the plaque marking my induction into the Hall of Honor in the Unionville - Chadds Ford School District, where I attended both middle and high schools in my…
Beautiful people, April is recognized as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and it also contains National Crime Victim’s Rights Awareness Week. In honor of survivors of childhood sexual…