My Half of the Sky

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  I am watching Half the Sky. I am feeling the weight of the world  in my heart. “…when rape is unfortunate but forgivable.” A quote from the documentary on PBS I learned about thanks to a Facebook message from Kelly “MochaMomma” Wickham in which actress and activist America Ferrera retweeted a message from Kelly [...]

Yesterday’s Scars

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“Aunt Heather, do you hate him?” It was my 11-year-old nephew asking the question about my ex-husband. I chose my answer carefully. “Sometimes,” I replied, wanting to be honest without providing too much information to a child trying to reconcile his Christian upbringing with his favorite aunt being a divorcee. “He would say mean things [...]