(Advice for Survivors) Why? Write it for yourself because all parts of you need and deserve to be heard. A good therapist is essential but it can take a while to find and time to build up trust and sessions aren’t every day … all the while, paper and pen are at hand, ready to absorb your pain. The sooner you get the poison of abuse out of you, the better. A lot of research has established the psychological and physical benefits of writing (links at the endi). This is not jour

The barn’s enclosed by fences lost to thorn hedges; wild walls impossible to breach. There’s a barrel of water coated with brown slime but some of us cup our hands and drink. My fingers look white but they burn. The air snaps. I jig up and down but feel surprisingly good as the sun begins to rise. Perhaps, when the worst has happened, there’s nothing left to fear. The others call the lady Miss Veronica. She says this is her brothers farm, seven miles from their closest neig

How can we witness the suffering of children and babies yet still celebrate an omnipresent God?