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A Perfect Example of Why I Won’t Repost

Anyone who spends as much time as I do online, and who is an outspoken survivor, inevitably gets bombarded with lots of requests to share information to their readers. Like most of you, I get a lot of those, and if it’s something that I think survivors...

Published Sun, May 26 2013 8:11 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News, Newsworthy, Child Abuse, Site News

Traveling

While we all know that I travel quite a bit for work all the time, this week I’m actually headed out of the country, to London, for a few days. So I may be a bit slower than usual to respond to comments, emails, tweets and so forth! On the other...

Published Sat, Jun 08 2013 6:16 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News

Fathers and Male Role Models

While I was in London last week for work, I was sitting in my hotel room one evening, getting ready to head out to dinner, when the news program did a story about the lack of male role models for children in the UK. The concern is that while the number...

Published Sun, Jun 16 2013 2:37 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations, Child Abuse

Taking Part in a Twitter Chat

This Friday, June 28, I will be the guest of the Raising Great Men Twitter Chat. If you want to follow the conversation, you can follow the hashtag #momsofboychat to check it out. You just finished reading Taking Part in a Twitter Chat! Consider leaving...

Published Sun, Jun 23 2013 4:58 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Site News

Follow Up From #momsofboyschat: Intrinsic Value

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I was the guest of the Moms of Boys Twitter chat. I enjoyed the opportunity to share my history and thoughts about protecting kids, and helping kids who find themselves being abused. Unfortunately, given the transient...

Published Sat, Jun 29 2013 8:52 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations, Child Abuse

The Word Is Out

The other day, while contemplating this site and the original purpose of it, I was struck by something profound, and sort of wonderful. Almost 12 years ago, I moved what had been a fledgling little website about being a survivor, and turned it into a...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 6:01 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations, Site News

Andy Murray Overcomes Childhood Trauma

Reading this article about how Andy Murray survived the Dunblane school shooting got me thinking about childhood abuse survivors and the people who are constantly telling us that abused kids are doomed to a lifetime of pain. While it’s true that...

Published Wed, Jul 10 2013 7:40 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Newsworthy

Random Travel Photo Blog

In my experimenting with Tumblr with a sports blog, a thought occurred to me. I take quite a few photos with my phone while traveling, and some with my camera when I have that with me. Some of them get shared on Flickr, or Instagram or Facebook, but when...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 7:53 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Personal News, Fun Stuff

The Cast

I saw this over the weekend as we were walking around window shopping and it struck me as something that is very appropriate for my life. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the plot, why things happened, why my childhood was what it was...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 10:13 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations

What We Expect

As I was sitting in the airport yesterday, I started to notice the number of people complaining about various things about air travel, and thinking to myself that yes, there are plenty of things to complain about, but some of what was being said just...

Published Sat, Aug 17 2013 6:57 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations, Child Abuse

Hand Holding

Recently, in conversation with my massage therapist, she mentioned to me that any time she is working on me and feels like I’m stressed, thinking about work, or just not allowing myself to relax, she knows that simply rubbing my palm will immediately...

Published Mon, Sep 02 2013 12:08 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Observations

Another Convicted Molester Gets No Jail Time

This time it’s the case of the rape away the gay pastor, who tried to explain away his sexual abuse of boys by claiming he was trying to keep me from being gay, who has had his sentence reduced to 5 years of probation and mandatory sex offender...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 6:53 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Newsworthy, Child Abuse

The Importance of Sharing

Lately, something on this site has been keeping me a little busier than normal. There seems to be some reason that Google has stopped directing people to the home page, and listing this site in it’s search results even when you search for the URL...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 5:45 PM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Site News

Unwanted Touch

On a recent Saturday afternoon, my wife and I went for a country drive to one of the cute small towns in our area of the country. We stopped in a little coffee shop, and were greeted warmly by the elderly mother of the shop’s owner. Unfortunately...

Published Thu, Feb 27 2014 9:25 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Child Abuse

Depression and Self Help

No, I’m not going to suggest that a couple of self-help books here and there are all you need to overcome depression. But, I saw a couple of articles recently that reminded me of my own struggles with depression, and that the best friends, the one’s...

Published Tue, Feb 25 2014 7:55 AM by Child Abuse Survivor

Filed under: Depression

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A Perfect Example of Why I Won’t Repost

Traveling

Fathers and Male Role Models

Taking Part in a Twitter Chat

Follow Up From #momsofboyschat: Intrinsic Value

The Word Is Out

Andy Murray Overcomes Childhood Trauma

Random Travel Photo Blog

The Cast

What We Expect

Hand Holding

Another Convicted Molester Gets No Jail Time

The Importance of Sharing

Unwanted Touch

Depression and Self Help