You wrote one for your father....
"You wrote one for your father, but no one has written anything about me". There it was, guilt. The guilt that only a mother can bring. So this morning I was laying in bed with just one eye open...
View ArticleHis Job is "Dad"
Today I would like to make a father's day tribute to my unemployed blue collar man. Most folks don't realize that many blue collar guys have been forced to take up the slack in the parenting arena...
View ArticleSandusky, Penn State and Us
Where does the self doubt, that was exploited by Sandusky come from? While we are busy finding monsters in the Sandusky Penn State scandal, the purpose of this diary is to expose a facet of humanity,...
View ArticleMy 15 year old on War, Greed and sociopathy
My daughter was assigned to write a peice on "This I believe..." The following is the outcome of that assignment. While we are raising children we can never really be sure of what they pick up and...
View ArticleThe Island
If you are interested in filling your heart with peace and love, more than you are interested in being "right" this year during the holidays, follow me over the fold for a discussion about the metaphor...
View ArticleUnion Safety: My Electrician Husband Almost Died
Two days ago, my husband began to work on a transformer that was carrying 480 v of electricity. It was supposed to be "locked off" and not "hot". As he put it, "for the first time in 22 years I almost...
View ArticleThe Blue Collar Life
Blue collar workers know things about the country by the very nature of the fact that they are building it. In commemoration of Labor day, it's time for a check in with "the blue collar life". There...
View ArticlePhil Robertson and preventing family war on Christmas eve
Can't get it out of my head. Phil Robertson. I was invited to my sister in laws house for Christmas eve. We have been trying to mend fences after a flap on face book over the ACA. My brother is gay,...
View ArticleAnatomy of a suicide attempt and HOPE.
I have depression. I've even attempted suicide once. It wasn't what I expected in the slightest. It was far more terrifying. The scariest part wasn't that I could've died though. It was that I...
View ArticleBrilliant interview: O'Donnell and Dershowitz
Sitting at home, end of day, watching msnbc. O'Donnell comes on, and I am reading off my I pad and listening with one ear. It's the end of the show and O'Donnell begins an interview about the sexual...
View ArticleTrumping Violence: the mechanism and consequences of power and control.
The recipe for creating a DONALD, and his followers is quite simple. The problem is that one of the ingredients is something akin to the memory removal tool used in the movie “Men in Black”. We need to...
View ArticleDid Trump just say "Thank you Baby" as Kelly Ann left stage??
I originally posted this, late inaugural eve. In light of the false Bee movie plagiarism diary, may I re-post about something Trump truly did? I am still surprised that so little has been said about...
View ArticleBrain Wash. The mechanism is invalidation.
The most dangerous feature of power and control is how it strips you of truth. It eventually causes people to doubt their own perception. The central feature of power and control is an attempt to...
View ArticleA cornered, desperate sociopath...is a danger to self and others...
With 26 years working in mental health care, let me say, I feel I have a duty to warn all Americans. No Trump is not my client, nor has he told me his secrets. I would , instead say, that I am...
View ArticleWe’re rich! We’re rich! We are rich!!
Sitting on my couch trying to figure out how I will pay for the wood floors I just ordered, (finally after 3 years of plywood in my kitchen.) I have to get the wood floors, have to refinance, have to...
View ArticleWe’ve seen the enemy and it is us! A story about gang rape in a small town.
I always ponder whether to share. I am not interested in sympathy and my sisters here know exactly what I mean by that. I feel compelled because of the nature of my story. So Democrat in the south has...
View ArticleImagine the best sexual experience you’ve ever had. (An empathy exercise)
So there is an exercise I’d love to do with the members of congress to help them understand why people don’t report sexual abuse and sexual assault. As a survivor (read my story here) www.dailykos.com/...
View ArticleMake me a channel of your peace....For Democracy’s sake!
If I were therapist for the troubled marriage between Democrats and Republicans, here is how I would frame the treatment plan. It’s a dysfunctional relationship. One that most marriages have to contend...
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