survivor
August 25, 2009
- Daniel Haller, Julius Mackie, William Powlis—these three men saved my life. I was 25 and in my final year of medical school. I’d had a nagging cough for several months and my friends urged me off and on to get a chest X-ray, check it out, though they half laughed when they told me. No one, I least of all, imagined anything would turn up. I was interested in radiology at the ...
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August 12, 2009
- Hedwig Schwarz, my great-aunt from Horb, Germany, in the beautiful Black Forest, was the lone survivor of deportation in her town. At the old Jewish cemetery in Rexingen, one can find her gravestone set apart, topped with stones left by each respectful visitor who wishes to pay homage.When the Jews were rounded up in Rexingen, in 1941, Hedwig was swept up as well. Her husband Louis was taken ...
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August 10, 2009
- I have long believed that no psychotherapist can facilitate real change without a supernatural anointing. In other words, counseling and psychotherapy require a gifting through the Holy Spirit. This premise applies in a powerful way to victims of child and domestic abuse. Only a survivor of such prolonged and intense suffering can understand what another is experiencing. I mean flashbacks, ...
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July 19, 2009
- When I walked into his room, I knew he was dying. His face looked gaunt, as if the muscles that once pulled a frown, and parted a smile chased by laughter had dried up. Yet, he managed a weak smile when he saw me in uniform.As I approached the side of his bed, I smelled his death as if it clung to the air around him like an apparition, patiently awaiting its final embrace. The scent of it was ...
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May 25, 2009
- I recently read the following article from Huffington Post written by women and children's advocate and author, Cheryl Saban. The sentence, "Did you know that girls aged 15 to 19 years old account for 50% of victims of sexual abuse worldwide" jumped out at me. To read the complete article use the following link.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cheryl-saban ...
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September 11, 2008
- I was fortunate enough to be invited to the African American Literacy Expo, in Tulsa, OK. This fine event, in honor of Zora Neale Hurston, was hosted by Sisters Sippin Tea, Real Page Turners, Tag Team Marketing, The Tulsa Library Trust and the African-American Resource Center.<br>To simply state that I enjoyed myself would be an understatement. Not quite two years ago I occupied a prison ...
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May 12, 2008
- For once,Let’s not stop and watch the car crash,Let’s not argue over politics,Let’s not let petty differences get in the way. Please,Hold a light with your heart,And shine on those who are alone in the dark. (Please feel free to use this as a wall, leave your name, what you want to say, the ones you are praying for. Pray, spread the word, in the mean time, if anyone could give one ...
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