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June 10, 2020

#MeToo and the Blame Game

A couple of months ago, a woman who is a member of the Sexual Assault Survivors Facebook group asked if she could contact me via FB Messenger. She needed someone to talk to and didn’t trust anyone else in the group or anyone in her...

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July 20, 2017

A Minute of My Story

Do you want to hear my story Parts are gory I think you don’t Listen you won’t I feel compelled to write it all Each trip and fall Won’t you please read Hear my heart bleed I write to bring others healing Share this feeling...

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January 29, 2017

My Memoir Monster

If my memoir is a monster Taking on a life of its own Does that make me Dr. Frankenstein Madly nurturing what I’ve grown Or am I more like Dr. Jekyll Consumed by my Mr. Hyde A raging egomaniac Fueled by wanton pride Maybe it’s...

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September 8, 2016

Endless Roller Coaster

It occurred to me the other day that I’m on a roller coaster ride The Cyclone on Coney Island perhaps or Goliath at Six Flags I chug up the hill on encouragements Your story needs to be told You are such a good writer I...

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August 18, 2016

My Story – a Haiku

This morning at the Oregon Christian Writers conference, Sarah Thebarge (author of The Invisible Girls) challenged her memoir writing class to tell our stories as a poem. As a greater challenge she suggested a Haiku. Here’s what I wrote. Innocence stolen Nothing heals, despair sets...

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April 19, 2016

Cry, Pray, Write

So you want to know how to write a memoir. Well here’s what I know. Step one: Ask yourself if you’re nuts.  If yes, proceed to step two. Step two: Attend a writing conference for inspiration. Step three: Go home and cry because you don’t...

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March 12, 2014

Poetry and Fearlessness

Last weekend I went to the Faith and Culture Writers Conference in Newberg, Oregon. I was really looking forward to it for weeks before the event. And for the most part it was not disappointing. I was inspired by several of the speakers — Tony...

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