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There is a peculiar kind of silence that settles in the spaces between what was and what will be. Not absence, but suspension. A corridor without doors. A train station at midnight. A life paused mid-sentence. These are the liminal spaces, and most people rush through them like fugitives. I have learned to stand still.…
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The early months of pregnancy can feel like suffering in disguise. Nausea, exhaustion, fear, and the quiet weight of the unknown strip you down body and soul until you wonder how you’ll keep going. Yet even in that weakness, God is doing His hidden work. The very struggle that empties you is the same struggle…
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I still get stuck in the belief that my parents weren’t that bad. I was raped before I turned four and my mother was an active participant. But a child has to believe that the person put in charge of taking care of them is good, right? What else can a child believe. So, day…
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On this journey I’ve had to cast the courage to care so many times. I’ve wanted to quit, give up, stay with inappropriate people and just stop caring. The more I cared, the more I had to work at discovering the hidden evils around me. I remember telling Redmond, my counselor of many years, “Can…
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On this journey I’ve had to cast the courage to care so many times. I’ve wanted to quit, give up, stay with inappropriate people and just stop caring. The more I cared, the more I had to work at discovering the hidden evils around me. I remember telling Redmond, my counselor of many years, “Can…
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The term dog days of summer dates back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The star Sirius was known as the “dog star.” When it appeared in the sky the hottest days of summer would be arriving. This would inevitability be a period of inactivity or sluggishness. Do you know God wants us to rest?…