23-26: Spinster
26-29: Thornback
29-35: Venus Deathtrap
35-40: Lady of the Blade
40-45: Fanged Dowager
45+: terrified silence, shifting eyes, if you speak of her she will know and she will show you no mercy
Childhood trauma can create a desire for hyper-independence. An “I don’t need anyone” protective mechanism. Healing is about learning how to ask for help and how to receive help when it’s given.
We are in desperate need of composition notebooks! Incarcerated folks use them to write, draw, and create while locked behind bars. That's something we want to support. If you do, too, consider sending us some!
No spiral-bound notebooks, please.
Mailing info below. 👇
Several years ago, a neighbor kid kicked a football and shattered a small basement window. We were a family of six living on a teacher's salary at the time, so I boarded it up, thinking I'd get to it someday. The frame was rusted shut. I couldn't fix it.
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Hi! The global Jewish population has still not rebounded from the Holocaust. There were 16.6 million Jews in 1939, then 6 million of us were annihilated in a genocide that happened when "It's A Wonderful Life" came out in movie theaters, and now there are 14.8 million of us.