I'm going through certain entries here where everything has a tag, first, so I can make sure I tag it in the new journal--I imported the bulk of my entries some time ago and then tried to keep both updated in tandem. But the memories didn't transfer and the tags also didn't. So I'm going to work on organizing things again so I can find important ( Read more... )

Years ago when my grandsons clothes and possessions were kept by their dad after their visit, my friend Emma sent $300.00 as soon as she heard about it. That's the kind of person she is ( Read more... )

I found out a few days ago that my first husband died of a blood clot on May 31st. Apparently he had a complication from a surgery and returned to the hospital and was in critical condition before he died. He was 4 years older than I am, born on September 26, 1954 ( Read more... )

Her experience is so similar to mine, right down to being called a liar.

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TRUE STORY"

http://therumpus.net/2016/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-true-story/

If I'd known this back when I had children in an abusive marriage I'd have left sooner ( Read more... )

Why Don't You Just Leave That Jerk ( Read more... )

Massachusetts’ Simple Solution for Preventing Domestic Homicide

This is genius! Excerpt:

How do they do it? They take the details of each reported case of abuse, looking at risk factors like stalking and chronic unemployment, and rate each abuser on a point system for how violent and controlling he is. Men who are rated high are then subject to ( Read more... )

New study--a robust long term study with twins even--has found an undeniable link between PTSD and increased rates of heart disease:

http://htl.li/2xShxU

Excerpt:

An unusual study released today underscores these fears. During 13 years of research, scientists followed twins who were Vietnam-era ( Read more... )

Trigger Warning: domestic violence ( Read more... )

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence

"She Must Have Deserved It": An Uncomfortable Reality About Abuse, And Reporting It by Ferret SteinmetzI've been studying domestic violence for many years now and this is an excellent post that explains how people arrive at the assumption that a battered woman must have "done something" to incite the abuse. We ( Read more... )