by David Hayward | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog
I looked back. And I didn’t turn into a pillar of salt. I looked back. When I escaped and I knew I had, I stopped in my tracks. It was a night just like this. The moon was full. The stars were bright. The night was cold. But I was free! I hadn’t felt this feeling in a...
by David Hayward | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog
You just have to jump! Sometimes, like Kierkegaard wrote, you just have to make the leap! I took the existential dare. What a crazy image this is! Look at me jumping from a great height with only a rope in my hand. How far I must fall! I saw how far it was, and I...
by David Hayward | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog
All it takes is one small opening, and one small opportunity. Just underneath the straw in my cell I found a hatch door. My means of escape was always available to me. I just hadn’t seen it yet. My captors are busy playing their games, planning their next move,...
by David Hayward | Jan 7, 2015 | Blog
I am beautiful. I am free. I am wise. I am Sophia. How did I get here? How did I come to this? Why am I in these chains? Why am I locked in a dark cellar surrounded by things that degrade and dehumanise me? Especially words. Words that are meant to shame, subdue and...
by Ren | Mar 10, 2014 | Feelings
Contents: Continuing family drama. Lack of fear in the face of rejection and anger. Telling my truth. Standing up to bully parents. Deciphering motives. Realizing new parts of myself in the face of an emergency. Righteous anger. I did it! I stood up to my mom. And I...
