Browsing the "abuse" Tag
Leaving Wasn’t the End
June 17th, 2026 | by Megan Margherio
I agreed to give my abuser 50% of my son’s childhood and tried to convince myself it would be okay
Processing Trauma Through Personal Narrative: An Interview with Bridey Thelen-Heidel
October 1st, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
How do you grieve a person who’s alive? How do you truly let them go
Playing House: An Excerpt from BRIGHT EYES
October 1st, 2024 | by Bridey Thelen-Heidel
“Alright, let’s blow this pop stand.” Mom whispers because the sun is barely up, and all our neighbors are still
Living With a Mark
December 11th, 2023 | by Ashley MacLure
My mother sleeps all day, takes too many pills, and doesn’t recognize me at night
My Mother’s Poetry
November 14th, 2023 | by Rebecca Brenner
Twenty years ago, when my mother died from substance abuse disorder at the beginning of the opioid crisis, I inherited a Washington Apples box full of her unpublished poetry, journals, and short stories
Mature Minor: An Interview with Emi Nietfeld About Her Memoir, Acceptance
September 12th, 2023 | by Jenny Bartoy
I still feel that my life has this paradox: I was resilient. And I'm also broken inside by what happened to me, like most people are
My youngest daughter wants nothing
April 20th, 2023 | by Cynthia Bernard
I give up and I hold on, I hold on