Author Archives: Lisette d. Johnson

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About Lisette d. Johnson

Murder-Suicide Survivor, Mom, Writer, Speaker, Serial Volunteer in the Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Arena, Entrepreneur, &amp Friend. I survived, my kids survived, and I am here to tell the story.

Fight

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

I see my daughter has liked a poem posted on facebook that is rather desperate. I go to check on her and she is asleep. I sit next to her, kiss her forehead, and smooth her hair and tell her I … Continue reading →

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The Lost Journal

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

As I begin to write in my journal again, something I have not done for months, I mistakenly open a forgotten journal, restored from my old computer. In it is email correspondence between he and I that last summer. Discussing … Continue reading →

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The Truth

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

The truth. The truth is I am not brave. I am not courageous. I’ve done nothing spectacular to earn my spot on this earth. I survived by God’s choice, in the grace of His gift of will and tenacity. In … Continue reading →

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Monsters In The Closet

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

Living in violence….

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Again

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

I’m writing as I sit overlooking the river. It is beautiful. Breathtaking. It is deceiving, the river, how serene it looks on the surface when just below the current is so strong. I am in the low filtered light of … Continue reading →

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