Last month was hard. It seems like I always lose people I care about in October. When you leave fundamentalism, usually no one from that world will listen to you, especially not a parent. Pege and her husband were different. I'd been kicked out of my church two and a half years before when I … Continue reading Remembering Pege
I get lots of emails and blog comments from readers asking how they can help people like us who are leaving unhealthy homes and branching out into the world outside. Older families ask how they can help mentor us. Homeschool alums ask me how we can help others around our younger siblings' age when it's … Continue reading Want to help some homeschool alums today? Here’s how.
Content note: sexual assault I told myself that he’d just made a mistake. I was 25. I’d never dated anyone. He was my study partner, helping me get through senior level classes. He knew I was planning to move out of state after I graduated college in a few months. “Neither one of us have … Continue reading #MeToo: It took me three years to unfriend him {For the Huffington Post}
So here’s my Harvey update finally. My coworkers and I worked for nearly 18 days straight during the hurricane and the flooding, and I wasn’t able to post sooner. The rain started on Friday, August, 25. The eye of the storm passed over me on Tuesday evening, August 29. I’d been getting up every few … Continue reading Here’s my hurricane rescue story
Those of you who've read my last couple posts probably noticed that I've updated my blog design again. And I've changed the URL, just in case you didn't notice the site redirect. I needed to put more space between my personal writing and my professional life. Now that I work for a local newspaper, I'm … Continue reading New Blog Layout: 2017
