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 […]
Fort Hood, the silence is deafening.
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 […]
Why We Must Teach Boys
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, […]
