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Emotional Distancing
Apparently I did not know how much fear, stress, and anxiety had built up within me over the last year, but apparently it was there all along. Not only was I socially distancing, but I was also emotionally distancing. While … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, appointments, BMI, body mass index, Catholic guilt, Covid, disease, eligibility, empathy, envy, fear, feelings, frustration, health care, health conditions, heart condition, hug, human beings, jealous, lesson, life, love, pandemic, pharmacy, pre-existing conditions, relief, social distancing, stress, survivor, uncertainty, vaccine, virus, wait list, waiting, Wisconsin
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Will they know
When they dig up these bones what will they find on the skeleton of my life? Will they be able to read the hieroglyphics on my skull and the petroglyphs of my soul etched in the decaying calcium before them? … Continue reading
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Tagged all, anger, bodies, bones, corpse, curiosity, dust, earth, empathy, enrgy, frailty, hate, hieroglyphics, home, human beings, immortality, life, love, man, mortality, passion, petroglyphs, skeleton, soul, strength, writing
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At the Table
The local chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) maintains an information table at the weekly Farmers Market downtown. They have literature and brochures and typically have two volunteers sit at the table to greet people, give … Continue reading
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Tagged "F" word, "N" word, acceptance, allies, anger, bi, child, children, compassion, evangelical Christians, Farmers Market, father, fear, gay, hatred, identity, Jews, love, masculinity, minority, Muslims, parents, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, PFLAG, post-homophobic, post-misogynistic, post-racist, Proud Theater, public square, queer, rainbow, sexuality, straight, trans, understanding
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About Choices
Life is about choices. All of us have had bad things happen to us. Life is filled with tragedy, hurt, pain. Some of it may seem insurmountable and some of it passes faster than we might expect. Some of it stays with us … Continue reading
Survivor Story
Trigger Warning: Parts of this blog post may be triggering. Please take care of yourself and seek out help if you can. A couple months ago I was invited to do a presentation at Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s “Sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, advocates, alcoholism, anger, arts, child sex abuse, coming out, drug abuse, emotions, femininity, forgiveness, gender, gender roles, heart attack, homophobia, Invisible Boy, male survivor, masculinity, play, promiscuity, prostitution, PTSD, rape, self-abuse, self-blame, self-hatred, sex abuse, Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy School, sexuality, spirituality, suicide, survivor, therapy, victim, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA), writing
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A Single Bluebird 