Show me that you can handle my honesty… Show me that grace was made For people like me.- Mikeschair, People Like Me “I need to give you permission to hate me if that’s what you need to do heal,” I wrote in an email. “If you need to hate me and everything that I amContinueContinue reading “Permission to hate me: Letting go of what everyone else thinks”
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Help my unbelief
I’m often told by friends and blog readers that my “vibrant Christianity” is inspiring, that I “maintain remarkable stability in the face of incredible odds.” But I wonder if they’d still say that if they knew the me who sometimes wonders if spirituality is real or just a coping mechanism for survival, the me whoseContinueContinue reading “Help my unbelief”
‘You’re not a victim because.’ | Unpacking the responses to exposing abuse in the Jeub family
Content note: victim-blaming Observing the backlash against my friend Cynthia Jeub’s blog series on family abuse has been quite informative for my journalistic aspirations. (Cynthia Jeub is now known as Artemis Stardust.) Cynthia and I worked at the campus newspaper as editors for two years, and we share a passion for investigative reporting. Together, we advocatedContinueContinue reading “‘You’re not a victim because.’ | Unpacking the responses to exposing abuse in the Jeub family”
Emotional Hypothermia, Part 5: This is your life
Continued from Part 4 I remember when We used to drive Anywhere but here As long as we’d forget our lives We were so young and confusedthat we didn’t know To laugh or cry Those nights were ours They will live and never die Together we’d stand forever…- Skillet, Those Nights The first week ofContinueContinue reading “Emotional Hypothermia, Part 5: This is your life”
Emotional Hypothermia, Part 4: October
Continued from Part 3 You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end…- Gotye, Somebody I Used To Know October, it’s not your fault. But I really don’t like you anymore. Depression hits me hardest in October and January. Summer’s buzz fades, and my dreams seemContinueContinue reading “Emotional Hypothermia, Part 4: October”
Eleanor Skelton 