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Upon My Devotion

Oct 9, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Upon My Devotion

Upon My Devotion Upon my devotion you spread your anger with the world I now suffer You thought you were safe or perhaps you thought I wouldn’t stop kidding myself Memories well up your ice-green eyes bulging your once soft hands twisting, shoving, pinning, my body…my mind Close to three years fear bound me to […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Abuse, Abuse Survival, Breaking up, Poetry, Teen Dating Violence, Writing

Fort Hood, the silence is deafening.

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Along with the rest of the country I am deeply saddened and disturbed by the tragic massacre that took place at Fort Hood. The many articles that have been spawned since this heinous act remind me how as a nation we do things backwards: responding to crisis versus effectively working on prevention. Now that the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Abuse, Cost of War, Fort Hood

Why We Must Teach Boys

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

I agree wholeheartily with Raina Kelley in her article, Why We Must Teach Boys About Dating Abuse, it is imperative that preventing abuse starts with teaching. All children need tools to grab onto to help them navigate, be kind, make good choices. We live in an era where there are myriad messages being sent to young people, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Abuse, Newsweek, Parenting, Raina Kelley, Raising Boys, Respect

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