Daily Archive for July 27th, 2011

The Little Girl Next Door

Published on July 27, 2011 in Abuse, PTSD, Secrets and Confessions and Therapy. 0 Comments

I realize I still have issues with identifying with the aggressor but this here crept up on me and caught me off guard. It lets me know more work needs to be done on retraining my thought processes as it relates to my abuse and abusers.

I heard of a little girl who missed the school bus and tried to go back home but wasn’t allowed inside the house. She tried to call her stepfather who was home but he wouldn’t answer the phone so she called her mother at work who told her to walk in the snow to school. My friend gave the little girl a ride. Despite the fact that this happened years ago there was still a measure of disgust in her voice. She couldn’t believe how the little one was treated. I was shocked too, but more so at the little girl than at her parents.

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Enough to Make a Difference

Published on July 27, 2011 in For the Record and Medical. 1 Comment

I’ve known Grace for more than 10 years now but I’ve never met her face to face. Before her house burned down maybe 3 years ago, we talked every other day, now it’s about once a week. A fire that destroyed everything has taken up a lot of her time. Rebuilding has been difficult at best. Anyway though, it amazes me how much we think alike. Sometimes it amazes me but other times it freaks me out.

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