Neglect takes many forms. I can look around and see worse examples of an upbringing. Always someone poorer. Always someone richer. In the same way, there are people more abused and less abused. We don't rank people. Apparently.
Tag: family
Open Journal #54
Listen to this on the podcast This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours Families, can’t live with them, can’t bury them under the patio. One of those things that survivors have to deal with. Given that the majority of survivors have been abused by a family member, it is hardly surprising that we struggle with … Continue reading Open Journal #54
Open Journal #53
Listen to this on the podcast Things I Wasn’t Meant to Know, But Did Anyway Two completely unrelated incidents, but not. My family unit was a mother and a father, and three younger sisters. Nothing had ever suggested otherwise. I was going away to boarding school, and the organising took weeks. A uniform to buy. … Continue reading Open Journal #53
Open Journal #30
Listen to this on the podcast It has been a week of things happening. A few weeks ago i called an aunt, my fathers sister and the last one standing of that generation, to see if she could throw any light on my childhood and me being placed into foster care as a baby. She … Continue reading Open Journal #30
Open Journal #29
Listen to this on the podcast A thing happened, short version is, I was faced with a load of new paperwork that I had never seen before. The why and the wherefore is not really important for the point of this journal entry. Suffice to say that I have been reading many reports about me. … Continue reading Open Journal #29
Describe your most memorable vacation.
There are a few contenders for this. The holiday we had in Tunisia a year after we were married, and the mind-boggling experience of my wife boldly heading off down side alleys to explore with little regard for muggers or thieves. The times we have been in the Caribbean and spent two weeks at a … Continue reading Describe your most memorable vacation.
Open Journal #25
Listen to this on the podcast I understand that Christmas isn’t great for everyone, and maybe here we have a higher percentage of bah humbug than you might expect from your average crowd. We are swamped with adverts and hammered with the message of peace and goodwill until we want to kill with our bare … Continue reading Open Journal #25
Who do you spend the most time with?
Trixi & Coco. A matching pair of Cockapoos. They are half-sisters; their mother was a bit of a trollop. We were told they were champagne colour, but it’s an off-white. They have a full pedigree kennel club family tree. But basically, as they are an unrecognised breed, they are just mongrels. Expensive mongrels. Like having … Continue reading Who do you spend the most time with?
Open Journal #20
Listen to this on the podcast This last month I’ve slipped into being a bit of a recluse. Sleep broken by nightmares, half the night spent in the chat room or writing, and no real energy left for the outside world. Not that I had much desire to be around people anyway. The odd visitor … Continue reading Open Journal #20
Open Journal #12
Listen to this on the podcast I take a call from my little sister. There are three, and she’s the one I giggle and shop with. We grab some tea and settle down for chat and news and silliness. Eventually, she asks how I am and what I’ve been doing. In the next five seconds … Continue reading Open Journal #12