Malpractice on the Air

February 25, 2013 By 19 Comments
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It was almost midnight and I was driving home after my usual shift. Yawning, I pushed the radio button hoping to catch a peppy song to keep me awake, but the station that usually plays pop music had one of those call-in counseling shows on. “Hello Brooke, so you are 19 and pregnant?” “Yes, unexpectedly [...]

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To Stand up and Speak: The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blog Network

June 20, 2012 By 11 Comments

My sister was the one who introduced me to No Longer Quivering. She didn’t actually mean to, she told me she was reading a website called Quivering Daughters, and when I googled it I found No Longer Quivering instead. I wanted to make sure that this was a good thing for a Christian to read, [...]

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Submission and Prison Cells: Part 2

June 8, 2012 By 5 Comments

Click here for Part One Let me start by saying a sincere “I am sorry” to “Yellowbunnys” (whoever she was, and wherever she is now) and to all the other women I shamed that day. I was wrong. I was arrogant. I was hurtful. It is painful for me to even read what I believed then, much [...]

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Submission and Prison Cells: Part 1

June 6, 2012 By 35 Comments

Almost five years ago, I was a devout conservative Christian. I had been married over two years, had a toddler Ms Action running around and a baby Ms Drama due in a few months. I loved my spouse beyond what I had ever thought love was when we first got married, and I still dutifully tried to keep [...]

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Dreams of Defiance

January 17, 2012 By 31 Comments

I can hear them in the next room. Dad yanks at his arm, yelling at him and threatening to spank him if he doesn’t do… something? I’m not even sure what he’s in trouble for this time. I cower in the next room, wanting to do something, wanting to save him. I hear the slaps, [...]

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