Tag: trauma
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Me, Too: The Day my Parents Killed the Pedophile
With the #metoo campaign to shed a light on sexual harassment and sexual attack, a lot of survivors are telling their stories. I know it grieves my elderly mom that I talk about it and she wishes she could have done more, but she was victim in a different way…that’s another story. I’ve been telling…
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Relative Strangers and Strange Relatives
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. Okay, given recent painful events, I really was in serious need of hearing something hilarious. So let me just lay it on the line because I’m out of patience. I got a call tonight from my hometown about something someone said about me…
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Telling Secrets…Then Taking It a Step Deeper into the Grave
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. I’m going to tell you a secret. Well, okay, it’s not really a secret—it’s just something I don’t talk about, and because I don’t generally talk about it, people assume that it’s a secret or something that I’m ashamed of. From the Bookshelf…
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Healing Old Wounds
Healing old wounds of childhood trauma and self-esteem doesn’t come easily, but when it does come, it’s unexpected. Thinking back on my childhood, I might just as easily have been a child suicide. I remember thinking about it when I was nine years old, right after being humiliated in front of several hundred kids at…
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It’s a GOOD DAY Today
First, I found out that a special baby in my life has been accepted by the Shriners who’ll take care of her exceptionally rare condition, all expenses paid. It’ll be a long haul but she’s very much loved and the Universe is taking care of her. Second, I have a terrific friend in Luna, who…
