Breaking the Silence
[Editor’s Note: Trigger Warning – this post contains details of childhood sexual abuse] I think it’s time to tell this story. I think it’s time to tell my story. I think…
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Dreaming with my Daughter
I am not the most hands on mom out there. I’m not one that spends a lot of time in the playroom playing or doing dress up or playing with dolls. I…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Almost everyone who has ever done it will tell you it’s one of the worst things ever! They will swear they will never do it again. They are shocked their marriage survived it….
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Life Lessons From a Blue Tarp
Blood does not build a family, love does – and a family is anyone who lives under the blue tarp of your heart. That is something my father taught me, though I…
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How Fundamentalist Christianity Enables Sexual Predators
Josh Duggar admitted to sexually abusing underage girls multiple times while he was a teenager. It is also known that his sisters were among the victims. The fact that ‘counselling’ was the…
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No Kidding: The Decision to Remain Childless and Still Be Normal
It happens all the time. I’ll meet someone new and at some point in the conversation, family comes up. They’ll ask, “So, how many kids do you have?”. I’ll say “none” and…
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The Sisterhood: An Open Letter to Survivors of Sexual Assault
Dear Sister, The word you will use is sexual assault. It is clean, clinical. It is easy to say without really thinking about what it means. It means something awful, something dark,…
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Do You Know How to Beat The Competition?
Do you ever wonder how you can stand out in what can sometimes feel like a crowded market? Have you ever been to a networking event and as you introduce yourself, you…
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How to Milk a Birthday for Every Drop
Pulling away from my house with the windows down on a beautiful sunny Sunday grooving alongside my playlist to the tune of Alicia Key’s “This Girl is On Fire,” one would have…
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A Random Letter to my Nine-year-old Son
Smilin’ Rylan! Dude. You’re in school right now, undoubtedly being all smart and stuff. I can’t believe my baby just turned nine. What happened? I have asked you so many times to…
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