May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Trish Propson Published in the Times Villager, May 2017 “I wish my mom would see that something is wrong. Doesn’t she even care?” “I wish I could tell my mom my stepdad raped me.” “I wish I could tell my dad I feel invisible. Can’t he see I’m different now?”...
May 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Trish Propson Originally Published in the Times Villager, April 2017 “I wish I could tell my mom I was raped on the school bus.” “I wish my mom would tell me why she lets her boyfriend have sex with me.” “I wish I could tell my dad to stay out of my bed and to keep...
Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
As published in the Gannett Appleton Post Crescent – May 6, 2018 “You can’t talk about God here. It isn’t allowed,” yelled the woman across the room as I quietly prayed with a crime victim. We were in a public place. The woman I was comforting asked if I would pray...
Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I wish I could tell my dad I have no respect for him. He is such a hypocrite. He says one thing and does another.” “I wish my son would tell me why he is so disrespectful and ungrateful. I try to do my best for him.” “I wish I could tell my daughter to respect...
Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…” So begins Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two...
Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Trish Propson, Director, rekenekt As published in the Times Villager, April 11, 2018 April has been designated as Sexual Abuse Awareness month in the United States. Is it a coincidence that it is also child abuse prevention month? Sexual abuse of children...
