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Flashbacks and Freedom

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Lisette d. Johnson

I’ve just transitioned out of my job supporting survivors of domestic violence. Transition being a figurative term. My position was eliminated and I was laid off. Non-profit life, such as it is. I feel I did what I set out … Continue reading →

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Hostage

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Lisette d. Johnson

After storming the US Capitol, mobs of armed angry white men threaten and will likely descend upon state capitols around the country to assert their self-perceived dominance and hold the country hostage. Fear is one of their weapons. Now you … Continue reading →

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Equal

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Lisette d. Johnson

I don’t know what it feels like to be black. But I do know what it feels like to be under the subjugation of a white man. No, I have not encountered it my entire life in the most mundane … Continue reading →

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Navigating Ambiguous Loss

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Lisette d. Johnson

The global pandemic has thrust us into a sudden state of shared trauma. The rug feels like it’s been pulled out from under our feet as everything about our world changed in a moment. At first reeling, most of us … Continue reading →

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The Toll Of Violence

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Lisette d. Johnson

I survived being shot by my husband. I survived his suicide. I survived my grief and navigating my children through their grief journeys. I survived burying the beliefs of who I trusted him to be as I faced the undeniable … Continue reading →

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