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Detriment By Virginia Carraway Stark

Posted on September 24, 2016 By virginiaseastark 1 Comment on Detriment By Virginia Carraway Stark

Detriment By Virginia Carraway Stark A Nightmare based on truth. I was sitting in McDonald’s with my older brother who is now deceased and my younger brother who was grown up. My dad was sitting across from me on one of the bench seats and my older brother was sitting beside me while my little…

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For the First Time

Posted on December 17, 2015 By virginiaseastark No Comments on For the First Time

By Virginia Carraway Stark Over the past couple of days I’ve had my life unravel. After I ran away from home when I was a teenager it was many years before I came back into contact with any of my family. The first thing that happened when I saw my Dad and Stepmother were tearful…

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Wolfspiders and Vodka

Posted on December 9, 2015 By virginiaseastark 4 Comments on Wolfspiders and Vodka

One night things became very dark. None of the lights seemed to be working and Judy was sitting in my bed. She had collected quite a few very large wolf spiders and was letting them crawl on her arms. They were the size of my hand. I was horrified. This was NOT a hallucination and my fear of spiders came flooding back all at once.

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The Truth

Posted on December 8, 2015 By virginiaseastark 12 Comments on The Truth

The Truth By Virginia Carraway Stark After the last blog I published I had a roaring response from my family who were angered that I dared to talk about the abuse I had suffered. The responses fall into the chart of classic abuse to perfection.   The minimized, denied and blamed me for the abuse….

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Katy’s Delusion: Children of Alcoholics

Posted on December 7, 2015 By virginiaseastark 2 Comments on Katy’s Delusion: Children of Alcoholics

  I saved my half sister’s life when she was a baby. I didn’t think twice about it, I grabbed her out of a bathtub of water that was spilling over the edge of the tub and flooding the hallway. She was face down in the water, her mother drunk and passed out on the…

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The Anatomy of Abuse and Forgiveness

Posted on November 10, 2015 By virginiaseastark 2 Comments on The Anatomy of Abuse and Forgiveness
The Anatomy of Abuse and Forgiveness

I will never be that plate again. I took the bits of myself, gathered up all that I could and I glued myself together. When I couldn’t figure out where the pieces went or found I had lost a piece of myself together, I went to my friends and my writing to find myself and repair the damage.

The ‘plate’ I have become is nothing like what I would have done if he hadn’t smashed me to the floor and if my Judy hadn’t smashed me and if my mother hadn’t smashed me. I have cracks and flaws, I have more dimensions than if I had been left whole. I can see the breaks in other plates and I have compassion for them, sometimes I can help heal some of those cracks or at least buy them a tube of superglue.

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Poisoned Fruit: My Life with an Evil Stepmother

Posted on October 19, 2015 By virginiaseastark 4 Comments on Poisoned Fruit: My Life with an Evil Stepmother
Poisoned Fruit: My Life with an Evil Stepmother

I met my step-mother one summer afternoon in a Chinese food restaurant. I was determined not to be selfish when I met her. I was determined to put both of my parents happiness before my own sad hurt feelings after the divorce and the loneliness that comes from seeing what was once whole become broken. I knew that I was emotional and overwrought and I put all of those feelings aside in the hope that both of my parents could find the happiness that they were seeking.

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How I Became a Real Life Cinderella

Posted on October 18, 2015 By virginiaseastark 1 Comment on How I Became a Real Life Cinderella
How I Became a Real Life Cinderella

What happens to the evil stepsisters in the Cinderella story after Cinderella runs away with her prince charming and starts a life of her own?

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