People can change, I learned, but sometimes they don’t change enough. I’ve never written at length about the ongoing sexual harassment and abuse that polluted two years of my life. Shards of that story have made into a column here and there, most notably my review of Big Little Lies and my post-election blast of […]
Many adult children of abusers continue to deal with ongoing abuse long after we have reached the age of maturity. The first time I became aware of adult children being abused by their parents was when I went on my fifth date with Ken, a guy I met when I was in Bible college. I […]
This originally appeared on The Manifest-Station. Republished here with permission. Note: This piece contains discussion of domestic abuse, which may upset some readers. Don’t ask me why I stayed. Ask me why I left. Every October I wear a purple ribbon. It represents women who have lost their lives to senseless violence. It represents men […]
