Category: Courage

Dreams of My Mother

November 8, 2016 virginiaseastark 1 Comment

Every year around this time when my mother left this earth I have dreams about her. For all the ways she failed me it’s easy for people to think that she was a bad mother but the truth is that she was a delicate soul and when my father left her it tore her down…

Thoughts in an MRI

January 16, 2016 virginiaseastark 4 Comments

Thoughts in an MRI By Virginia Carraway Stark “I read what you wrote,” She said. Her flame of red hair was ringed in platinum, making her look like an angel as she pulled broccoli out of a shopping bag to make a salad. I scanned my mind, such a loaded statement, I couldn’t think about…

On Bravery

January 10, 2016 virginiaseastark 3 Comments

I am someone who is extraordinarily brave. I have learned this mostly from having it repeated to me by so many people, most of whom have only heard a fraction of what I’ve experienced. I don’t feel like I’m a brave person. I feel like I’m just a person.

Child Abuse, Children of alcoholics, Courage, Sexual Abuse