Tag Archives: restorative justice

We Will Not Be Quiet

I was feeling anything but safe, but I was sitting at the kid’s table at my Mom’s church with my daughters, using watercolors on construction paper, painting the word “SAFE.” My cell phone started receiving text messages from my boss, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Know better, do better, help children thrive post-divorce.

Last night as I was pretending to sleep during a bout of insomnia, some of my worst memories resurfaced. My early adulthood was traumatic. I was married at 20 and had my first child at 21. We scraped by on … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Anatomy of an Apology, and Living Atonement

So, how does one apologize? If things have become so broken and toxic between two people that the parties no longer speak, and either via spoken or unspoken agreement there is no contact, how does one extend a for-real, heartfelt, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment