Tag Archives: domestic violence

Picking Up The Pieces

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Lisette d. Johnson

It’s not the tragedies that kill us.  It’s the messes. Dorothy Parker How do you implode a family? You control intimidate berate humiliate blame neglect threaten   With drinking cheating jealousy names isolation games poking pinching pushing pulling blocking hitting choking … Continue reading →

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Hesperus

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

I have been writing well over a year now. Finally there are periods of the day where it does not consume me. Nights, however, nights continue to be dark. I cannot escape from my dreams, creeping in, stealing the peacefulness … 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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Choices

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

I am doing laundry in the basement and I look over and see his two hooded sweatshirts, hung on the corners of a shelf. They’ve been there all along, but only now, after all this time, do I notice them. … Continue reading →

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