Poem and pictures by Sharla Baer. *** Hello. I am Sharla. I paint and draw emotions and life. I love music and art and old books. Coffee too, but I don’t think I’m addicted yet. The best part of my life is my fiance, Chadwick. He and I will be married this fall. This summer […]
For Survivors of Sexual Abuse Read More »
Please don’t misunderstand what I just said. The sex crimes committed by one man should never have happened. The failure by a few CAM leaders to report those sex crimes and make that man accountable should never have happened. The seeming attempt to gloss over the situation by multiple CAM leaders who later learned of
Why the Blow-up Over CAM’s Failure to Report Sex Crimes Needed to Happen Read More »
Hello, good friends. My posts have been sparse lately, and it’s been a very long time since I’ve written anything, really, about me. This is partly because I’ve been busy, caught up in a swirling whirlwind of a life. So much has happened so fast, I’ve barely had time to process it all, let alone write
The Year Just Past and an Unexpected Relationship Read More »
In a bare, block-walled room I see them: young mothers. Their faces hang in that state of half-life between breath and desire, hungry. “Do you have any children?” I ask them. “How many?” “How old are they?” “What are their names so I can pray for them?” We are not allowed to ask what they
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