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On Dying and Living
Let’s start with the basics. You need death to come into your life to know about mortality. Once you accept your own mortality, then you understand you are dying. And with the knowledge of your own movement toward your final … Continue reading
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Tagged ability, adventures, alcoholism, alive, anxious, assured, being, bills, brother, cancer, car wrecks, childhood sexual abuse, choice, colon cancer, create, creation, crochet, death, deathbed, depression, dollars, Dr. Garland, dust, emotions, energy, escape, everlasting, existence, experience, father, fear, fearless, feel, gift, grandparents, grave, hate, heart attack, Heaven, here and now, human, illnesses, immortal, joy, life, light, living, llife, love, memories, meningitis, mentor, millionaire, miracle, moment, mortality, mother, mumps, negative, nutrients, old, plane, postive, realization, regrets, reincarnated, scared, scarlet fever, sleep, suicide, survivor, television, things, think, thriving, time, toddler, tomorrow, transforms, universe, vacation, Vietnam, wealth, weekend, wheelchairs, will to live
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Cancerversary
One year ago today, sometime after 2:00 in the morning, I woke up my partner, Brian, and told him I felt I needed to go to the emergency room due to severe abdominal pains. I had just taken three consecutive … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol recovery, biopsy, brain aneurism, cancer, Cancerversary, chemotherapy, child sex abuse, colon, colonoscopy, colostomy, complications, constipation, Covid, CT scan, death, Devil's Lake State Park, diagnosis, diverticulitis, Dr. King, drains, edema, emergency room, fear, health, heart attack, heart issues, hiking, ICD, ICU, ileostomy, implantable carioverter defibrillator, infection, IV, life, liquid diet, living, love, lymph nodes, Meriter Hospital, natural causes, near-death, oncologist, opertion, ostomy, oxygen, pain, physical therapy, positive energy, recovery, rehabilitation, sickness, Spring, stricture, support, surgeon, survival, survivor, tachycardia, tumor markers, X-ray
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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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Decade
As 2019 comes to an end, it seems like a good time to look back at the last decade. While mathematically, the new decade doesn’t start until next January, it is the start of the 2020s and many, if not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, 2020, A Room of One's Own, Ann Arbor, anti-Nazi, Arcadia Books, Art & Soul Innovations, Artistic Director, artists, B-52s, Backyard Hero, Benton Harbor, Black lives matter, blog posts, Board of Directors, Brian WIld, Bristlecone Project, Broom Street Theater, Cable, California, Cher, Chicago, child sex abuse, Christmas, community, Community Shares of Wisconsin, concerts, Courage Award, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Levin, death, decade, defibrillator, dementia, Dennis DeYoung, documentary, Donal Clancy, Downtown Madison, Dylan Doyle, Eau Claire, Facebook, Filthy Director, Fitz & the Tantrums, gay rights, Green Bay, Holly Near, Hollywood, ice caves, Invisble Boy, Jake Miller, KC & the Sunshine Band, Keshena, Lake Amnicon, Lake Superior, lighthouse, Lisa Lampanelli, Loretta Lynn, Los Lobos, Madison, male sexual assault, MaleSurivor, Maroon 5, Matt Nathanson, Menominie, mentor, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Pride, Monona Lakeside Neighbors, mother, Naked Eyes, nature center, Newark, Night Ranger, Oak Creek, Omaha, OutReach, Ozarks, Panic at the Disco, Paths to Healing, peace, Perfect Harmony, Peter Frampton, Plain White T's, political rallies, positive, protests, Proud Theater, R. J. Helton, rallies, Rodney Atkins, Roger Waters, Romantics, Rory Makem, San Antonio, Sandra Bernhard, Sikh temple shooting, Solidarity Sing Along, Solidarity with Child Abuse Victims/Survivors, Spring Green, St. Louis, State Street, submarine, survivor, tall ship, Tampa, Tim McIlrath, Tom Morello, travel, Two Harbors, Underserved Populations work group, ventricular tachycardia, vigils, Vilas County, Wabasha, Walker regime, Washington DC, Wayne Kramer, WCASA, We Shall Overcome, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Wisconsin Public Radio, Your Wisconsin Authors
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Letter to Attorney General-Elect Josh Kaul
Dear Attorney General-Elect Kaul, Back on August 21, I sent the e-mail below urging an investigation of clergy abuse in Wisconsin to both the current Attorney General and the Dane County District Attorney. I did not hear back from either … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, adult survivors, Attorney General, Attorney General-Elect Kaul, Bishop Morlino, Catholic Church, children, clergy abuse, Connecticut, Dane County District Attorney, Diocese of Madison, Diocese of Milwaukee, Father William Nolan, gay, grand jury, Illinois, Josh Kaul, justice, Kentucky, Missouri, molesters, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, perpetrators, priests, scout leaders, statute of limitations, survivor, teachers, victims, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Abuse in the Diocese of Madison
On August 21 I sent a letter to the Wisconsin Attorney General, Republican Brad Schimel, and to Dane County Democratic District Attorney, Ismael Ozanne, asking either or both of them to start an inquiry into sexual abuse of children in … Continue reading
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Tagged adult survivor, Attorney General Brad Schimel, Australia, Bishop Morlino, bishops, Boston, cardinals, Catholic, child sex abuse, church superiors, confidentiality, criminal wrongdoing, Dane County Distric Attorney Ismael Ozanne, Diocese of Madison, Diocese of Milwaukee, evidence, gay, grand jury, homosexuals, Ireland, justice, New York, onto an, Pennsylvania, priests, sexual abuse, statue of limitations, survivor, transgender, victims, William Nolan, Wisconsin
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Open Letter to Bishop Morlino
Bishop Morlino, This is in response to your recent letter (August 18, 2018) to priests and parishioners of the Diocese of Madison. I am writing this as a gay man, a fallen-away Catholic, an adult survivor of childhood sex abuse … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, adult females, adult males, alcohol and drub abuse, altar boys, America, American Psychiatric Association, bigotry, Bishop Morlino, Bishopaccountability.org, bishops, bottom line, Catholic, Catholic Church, celibate, child abuse, child of God, childhood sex abuse, children, Chile, clergy, crime, Dark Ages, defrocked, Diocese of Madison, educate, evil, funerals, gay, gay men, gender, God, grand jury, groomed, heterosexual, homosexual, human rights, improper contact, Ireland, lesbians, Lord, love, marriage equality, Milwaukee, minors, molestation, northern Wisconsin, orientation, parishioners, pastoral work, pastors, patriarchy, pedophilia, Pennsylvania, perversion, Pope, Pope Francis, power, priests, public relations, rape, Rape Crisis Center, recovery, scriptures, sexua abuse, sexual acts, sin, State of Wisconsin, straight men, superiors, survivor, theology, therapy, transgender, Vatican, vicar general, victims, violence, William Nolan, Wisconsin, women
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On Suicide
Trigger warning for suicide/suicidal ideation. When I was living in my dorm in college one of the men at the other end of the long hall on our floor killed himself. In retrospect it was not a sudden thing. … Continue reading
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Tagged abused, acquaintance, alcohol, alone, angels, best friend, child, choice, crisis line volunteer, depressed, depression, despair, drugs, emotions, family member, feeling, friend, gift, healing, hope, human being, human connection, Invisible Boy, light, love, minister, molested, pain, prostitution, protection, self-abuse, sex addiction, silence, suicidal ideation, suicide, survivor, teacher, touch, trust, turning point, whole person, worthless, wounded child
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Full Circle
Trigger Warning: This post is about child sex abuse and also suicide. Please take care of yourself first and foremost. Since coming out publicly as a survivor of child sex abuse about seven years ago I have written articles, blog … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, alcohol, child sex abuse, come out, Doyle Center, Family Advocates, gay, MaleSurvivor, memories, New Jersey, Platteville, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, suicide, survivor, UW-Platteville, UW-Platteville Counseling Services, UW-Platteville Dean of Students
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A Single Bluebird 