Category Archives: children

The Unseen Warriors: Military Brats, Military Children

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

You didn’t volunteer, you didn’t enlist.  Like me, you may have been born to it, drafted the day you arrived. You have no battle ribbons or medals to wear.  All you have is an old set of memories worn smooth … Continue reading →

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Would You Abuse A Child?

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Would you abuse a child?  How about an abused one?  Would you spit in his face and push him away?  Burn him and shame him to the core?  Especially if this child showed up one day bruised and battered at … Continue reading →

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DID & Me: Building the Chameleon Due To Cultural Change

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

There is no “one” reason a person develops D.I.D, or “dissociative identity disorder”.  People always want a single thing they can point to and say: “This is the reason why.”  Most things aren’t that simple.  DID is one of them.  … Continue reading →

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Teaching Sex Education

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

If you’ve read my previous post, you know I’ve had to address sexual education with my grandsons, ages 9 and 12 (soon to be 13).  As an abuse survivor, I find it disturbing, but as a grandparent who loves his … Continue reading →

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Kids, Love, Sex, Education

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

The grandkids came over which led to a weekend I’d rather forget and ignore.  I don’t know what it is about these grandkids – any kids! – that they feel I am someone I can talk to.  Maybe it’s because … Continue reading →

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The Unseen Casualties: The Warrior Child

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

They are the unseen casualties of a war society; they are the casualties of a peaceful one.  And by “they” I mean those children of the warrior society, of the Military Machine. Every civilization has had to have one, I … Continue reading →

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Random Phrases

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Phrases we’ve come up with through the years which have helped us.  Hopefully they can help some times.  Some you can just say with a wry grimace and a smile while you’re gritting your teeth at things . . . … Continue reading →

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Memories Remembered and Never Forgot

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Memory is a funny thing: it is malleable, and prone to err.  Add to that people’s tendency towards projecting their own assumptions, perceptions, and emotions upon an event – or an event not wholly glimpsed or heard – and you … Continue reading →

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Diamond Array (Art – and Computer Graphic)

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Random: We did this artwork today – computer graphic done in Corel Draw 9.  It is not as we “envisioned” it (in that it is just in Black and White and done more like a charcoal pencil).  We may do … Continue reading →

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A Nut In A Rut

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

“I’m A Nut” (A Children’s song . . . one I learned after I met my wife and kids – and one of my favorites – for obvious reasons, LOL!  If you are DID you probably understand why that is … Continue reading →

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