Browsing the archives for the domestic violence tag
I picked at my scrambled eggs and cantaloupe this morning as I watched her sitting at a nearby table, tapping on her phone. Last fall we’d met at another fundraiser. We were both team leaders, and she and her team were the top money-raisers. Then, as today, she looked beautiful, strong, and self-assured. She stood to [...]
I couldn’t believe it. Even the Violence Against Women Act is facing opposition? Seeking comfort, I opened a book, only to find Thomas Merton asking, ”Will there never be any peace on earth in our lifetime? Will they never do anything but kill, and then kill some more? Apparently they are caught in that impasse: the [...]
I can’t stop thinking about journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria yesterday. You can read about her here and here and here. She risked, and gave, her life to tell the story of people who are being oppressed, people whose government attempts to hide its violence by not allowing foreign reporters access for nearly [...]
I told my story today to the women of the Reform Temple at Century Village. They opened their meeting with a reading from the book of Micah: “[W]hat doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Experts on elder intimate partner violence [...]
My sister is a breast cancer survivor. I am a domestic violence survivor. I walked a Susan G. Komen 3-Day with her in 2006. She walked a SafeWalk with me yesterday. We’re talking about doing both next year. As we wrap up October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, [...]
Yesterday I wrote that no matter how often I wax on about life’s cycles and seasons, they still take me by surprise. I am, apparently, a similarly slow learner when it comes to other topics. Just last night I was talking, well, texting, with a friend about the long process of grieving various aspects of [...]
Tonight has been a long time in coming. I’ll be at Women in Distress, leading a writing workshop for survivors of domestic violence. Before we start writing our stories, I’ll read them this poem by Jennifer K. Sweeney, from the collection How to Live On Bread and Music: IN PRAISE AND APOLOGY For the man whose [...]
My cell phone rang yesterday right before my talk. It was A., a young survivor of dating violence. She left Miami a few weeks ago, gone away to college on a scholarship. Perfect timing. I asked her, what is the one thing you would tell the girls I’m going to talk to? Tell them to [...]
Remember this video from last year? We still have a situation on our hands, and Tara Sophia Mohr has organized another Girl Effect Blogging Campaign. Last year I focused on the situation for girls in the developing world. This year, especially since learning that according to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, young women in the [...]
