Lee Daniels: Award-Winning Producer
There is a little bit of Precious in all of us. – Lee Daniels What do you do when your dreams of becoming a Hollywood filmmaker are dashed upon […]
Tag Archives: child abuse
Dr. Billy G. Hudson: Grapevine, Arkansas to World-Class Scientist
I’ve had some measure of success. It’s because mentors, people who helped show me the path and took an interest. . . I know the value of being pulled out […]
Bravo, Chuck Cox: Susan Cox Powell’s Father Finally Gets a Measure of Justice in Pierce County, WA
Very sad update: Although Chuck Cox did everything possible to try to protect his grandsons, the system ultimately betrayed him. Josh Powell brutally murdered his sons and himself in a house explosion […]
Book Review: Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson
Richard North Patterson I mean to root out this system of legalized bribery where all of us sell pieces of the government like shares of stock. – Richard North Patterson […]
Empowered Woman’s Playbook: Casting Yourself as Heroine
Storytelling is a critical part of effective advocacy. – Ruth Anne Robbins J.K. Rowling is the queen of writing a new script for her life. While researching her story, […]
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents (Book Review)
Presidential mothers from FDR to Bill Clinton have one thing in common: they invested heavily in their sons. Some loved more unconditionally than others. Many were wealthy and well-educated. And, several were […]
Book Review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his […]
Baa-Baa, Black Sheep, Bye-Bye!
Dysfunctional families love to have their black sheep ~ the scapegoat ~ someone who is sacrificed to the wolf to protect the flock from its own internal shizza. Oprah was […]
Book Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
All of the major characters in Jodi Picoult’s Picture Perfect survived childhood shizza. Alexander Riveaux from New Orleans becomes blockbuster, heart throb actor Alex Rivers, who won several Oscars for his film about a […]
Homeless No More!
First Sunset Thank you, dear readers, for your loyalty while I was AWOL. Some of you may remember that my mother threw me under the bus on New Year’s Eve, […]
Anne Caroline Drake 