by Elisabeth | Aug 31, 2013 | Freedom Fighters, Parenting
I am a willful person. I have always been willful. I was born that way. Some look at willfulness as a bad thing. Willful people have been described as “type A”, control freaks and hard to be around. Some very willful people have done serious damage to the world...
by Elisabeth | Aug 22, 2013 | Parenting
‘Vacation’ is a funny word for a single mother of young children. Before having children, the term ‘vacation’ would invoke a feeling of relaxation, but it doesn’t mean what it used to mean. Now it means I will move my exhausted self and young children to...
by Elisabeth | Jul 1, 2013 | Parenting
Parenting is hard. Single parenting is extremely difficult. Single parenting with family-based trauma is borderline impossible. There are so many times I have wanted to stop a parenting moment in mid-stream, so I could research possible approaches on the internet. I...
by Elisabeth | Jun 16, 2013 | Parenting
Not surprisingly, Father’s Day is not my favorite of the Hallmark holidays. I have never had a problem with Valentine’s Day, because being single is my choice. I have never had a problem with Mother’s Day, because I am a mother. I have always been able to make that...
by Elisabeth | May 15, 2013 | Trauma In Society
I have been a slave. As a survivor of human trafficking, that doesn’t come as a surprise. Human trafficking has been dubbed “modern-day slavery” by the media, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. Many organizations use symbols like...
