I wrote this in my journal on December 10, 2021. Learning what forgiveness looks like outside of fundamentalist Christianity, what forgiveness can be like when it’s healthy and not harmful for the person doing the forgiving, has been so important to me in my journey to leave behind and heal from high-control religion. So IContinueContinue reading “What ‘The Walking Dead’ taught me about healthy forgiveness without obligation”
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How I helped bring TWLOHA’s Between the Bells program to the high school where I teach
The first year I started teaching in Port Arthur, I wanted to bring To Write Love On Her Arms’ Between the Bells suicide prevention program for high school to my school. Our principal said no. Last year, I started teaching in Beaumont and talked to my new principal about the program. He said yes. OurContinueContinue reading “How I helped bring TWLOHA’s Between the Bells program to the high school where I teach”
Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference
Content note: drug addiction, overdose, eating disorders Last month, I went to the One Pill Can Kill conference, hosted at the school where I teach. I wrote a freelance article about it for the Beaumont Enterprise while one of my journalism students covered it for the school newspaper. READ MORE: Southeast Texas schools lead TexasContinueContinue reading “Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference”
Healing is a process: How my life changed the day my dad crashed into an 18-wheeler head on
This is one of the more difficult memories that surfaces for me every year as winter fades into spring. The first picture is from May 1, 1997. I’m with my parents and my baby sister outside Sterling McCall Toyota in Houston. My dad finally decided what kind of truck he wanted to buy, as partContinueContinue reading “Healing is a process: How my life changed the day my dad crashed into an 18-wheeler head on”
Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access
Photo: Megan McKinzey Photography We want to help one of our friends reach stability three years after he left an abusive ex-partner with a newborn. In the next month, he needs to relocate to gain better access health care and manage several chronic conditions that often go along with hypermobile Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, which causes frequentContinueContinue reading “Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access”
Eleanor Skelton 