When I was around eight, after my Dad left me again or after a suspicious family reunion in which my now-deceased, convicted child molester uncle may have played a role in some fuzzy memory I’ve not yet addressed, I got fat. I hate saying that, but its true. I went from being the smallest girl [...]
Posts Tagged ‘abuse’
Taking the Day Off
August 21st, 2010 
Melia Ironically, even if I’m blogging it, today I have sworn to take off from any sort of work. Blogging isn’t work, right? A few notes from my week: I had my eyebrows waxed a few weeks ago and, honestly, I wasn’t happy with the results. She asked me if they were ok, and I thought, [...]
There is Nothing Sexy about Abuse
August 6th, 2010 Melia Floored. Aghast. Shocked. Sad. These are two people our children look up to, two people that have found themselves in violent relationships and know first-hand how not sexy it is. Can abuse possibly be glorified more? As long as the wrong feels right It’s like I’m in flight High of a love Drunk from the [...]
Posted in Daily Ramblings 
Tags: abuse, domestic violence, stupid assholes who piss me off 
3 Comments »Its the Little Things!
November 20th, 2009 Melia I’m about to haul a minivan load of cack to our local Abused Women’s Shelter, which makes me so unbelievably giddy, I don’t know what to do.
Posted in Daily Ramblings Tags: abuse, abused women, Activism, cack, giving, pack rat, paying it forward, shelter, the husband 2 Comments »10 Steps Back for Afghanistan
April 3rd, 2009 Melia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_women KABUL – A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to bolster his re-election prospects. Critics worry the legislation undermines hard-won rights for women enacted after the fall of the Taliban‘s strict [...]
