Fear Is a Shitty Address

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This tree with its twisted trunk stands where the Pacific Ocean meets the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, which divides the US and Canada.  I wanted to visit Neah Bay because Sir Francis Drake had sailed there in his futile quest to find the Northwest Passage. Shortly after the man I loved deeply proved … Read more

Wake-Up Call: Do You Have a George Zimmerman in Your Life?

Posted by Julie Owens

I’m very worried about my Facebook friends and my readers.  I am alive today because in 1992 I had the good sense to hide the judge’s arsenal of guns where he couldn’t and wouldn’t find them.  Was he pissed?  Oh, yeah.  I didn’t care.  I was safe. Today, the tables are turned.  I live in … Read more

Christie Brinkley on Divorcing a Narcissist (PAS): “I Just Want Peace”

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I just want peace. And every time I have any joy or any kind of success in anything, he has to try to destroy it. – Christie Brinkley Christie Brinkley has courageously brought the arduous battles of protective mothers into the spotlight.  She was on the Today Show this morning with Matt Lauer to talk … Read more

Resistance to Change: Gauntlets, Hurdles, Obstacles, and Sabotage

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Shannon Wilson knows a lot about resistance to change.  I remain devastated that her brilliant Rights for Mothers site was removed from the Internet.  It had a wealth of information and resources for protective mothers. Sometimes allies sabotage our best efforts.  They’ve got their own agendas and self-interests. I have been a champion for change … Read more

Should We Trust Sky Metalwala’s Daddy?

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Although the disappearance of Sky Metalwala is playing out in my backyard, I have  intentionally remained silent because I was waiting to see whether there was a link between Sky’s father Solomon Metalwala and Glenn Sacks, the leader of the PAS movement.   KIRO, the Seattle CBS affiliate, reported tonight that Glenn Sacks and his loyal … Read more

Michele Weldon: I Closed My Eyes & Writing to Save Your Life (Book Reviews + More)

I have won because I have won myself back. I claim me. – Michele Weldon Michele Weldon has survived domestic violence and breast cancer.  She is passionately vocal about fathers who abandon their sons.  She is an assistant professor at her alma mater (BSJ and MSJ), Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism.  She speaks about … Read more

Bravo: Barbara Thompson Gets Justice for Ronda Reynolds

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Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. – Barbara Thompson What does it take to get an arrest of Ron Reynolds?  Washington State Trooper Ronda Reynolds was murdered in 1998.  Her death … Read more

Charlotte Fedders: Shattered Dreams (Book Review + More)

 John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams.  He shattered the dreams of the middle class.  He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more

We Interrupt This Survivor Celebration to Protest Callous Indifference: Why 8 People are Dead in Seal Beach, CA

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    Eight people are dead.  Another is clinging to life.  It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple.  We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more

Dewey Bozella: “Never Give Up on Your Dreams”

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Life is a challenge. There’s struggle and conflict. It’s what you do with that struggle and conflict that matters. – Dewey Bozella   Dewey Bozella spent over half his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.  When he was nine years old, he witnessed his father beat his pregnant mother to death.   In 1983, … Read more

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