Month: January 2020

On Nov 7th 2019, Jenn Schlecht met her real-life monster for the last time when  she was brutally killed and yet another victim of domestic violence. I am assuming that she “stayed for her child” thinking that she could “fix” the monster. She was wrong. The monster decapitated both she and her 5-year-old daughter. Jenn…

There is talk of war. There is a sense that those who like to wage wars are firmly entrenched in our leadership. Have you seen VICE? The movie about Dick Cheney? He was responsible for the Iraq war. He seemed to love war. I can’t control the warmongering folk in our world. I can only…

She sat in front of me and I could see on her face that a new memory had surfaced. Her facial muscles collapsed, and she hung her head. She was in the back seat with a family member. She did not remember who was in the front. The conversation went from casual to her husband…

When we do the work of ending violence at home, we are speaking for people who do not have a voice. We may not want to believe that high powered women are voiceless when it comes to reporting domestic violence. They fall for the same crappy comments that abusers have given for centuries. “No one…

Do you have an air conditioner??? Years ago, a divorced friend of mine agreed that her son could spend a week with his father. She had full custody. The son did not want to go, but the mom thought it would be good for her son to keep them connected. The only thing the mom…