Dear Sister, I know I screwed up majorly. I’m the one who offered to help and then didn’t show up. I left you hanging. Oh how I wish I could get a do-over of this week. I’ve never done that before! I’ve never offered to watch other child and then completely forget. When I realized what I had done, 45 minutes… Read More
31 days of anonymity {day 19 – dear rapist }
Dear Rapist, You probably don’t even remember me. But I remember you. It was a warm summer night. I looked like any other girl out on the boulevard. Only you knew what I did for a living. You stopped and picked me up like you were going to be my first customer of the night. But things went wrong. Terribly… Read More
31 days of anonymity {day 18 – dear pastor’s wife}
Dear Pastor’s Wife, In the days, weeks and months following my departure from our church family I spent days with tears soaking my face, pillow and Bible. I could not believe that 11 years of love and service had been stripped away in a moment. Eleven years of building friendships, developing a ministry and pouring my life into my job… Read More
31 days of anonymity {day 17 – dear breast cancer}
Dear Breast Cancer, You were an unwelcome guest. I didn’t even know that you were there, growing, changing, threatening. My first hint of your existence an ominous walnut shaped spot where no spot should be. I recall when I learned your ugly secret, the way my heart skipped a beat, and my stomach clenched. The way my eyes filled and… Read More
31 days of anonymity {day 16 – dear “technically legal” girl}
Dear Technically Legal girl, Within days of our move into the area I knew something was wrong. My husband knew something was wrong. We were shocked that something like this would be happening at our new Christian place of employment. How could this go unnoticed! Then we realized it wasn’t going unnoticed – that most people knew something was wrong (besides… Read More
31 days of anonymity {day 15 – dear commercialized halloween}
Dear Commercialized Halloween, I try to get you, but I can’t. As I see kids running around dressed up in creepy garb, I’m taken back in time. A time to where I was little and Halloween wasn’t something fun; it was something scary that I was made to believe in. Why do I want to address you Commercialized Halloween? Because… Read More