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Treading Land, Water, Sky, Life, Loss

balance, death, depression, faith, family, healing, loss, pain, parenting, scars from the present, self-care, survival, trauma, women / By

Like the amphibian Too much time on land fatigues me Depletes me of life-sustaining nutrients Sucks me dry And sends me on a desperate retreat Back to the waters Where I can submerge myself In what is familiar Fluid, quiet, safe. I can somnambulate beneath the surface Removed from land’s sounds, sights, smells I can …

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A Year After: Remembering Elisha Henson

#IPV, Cicely Bolden, domestic violence, Elisha Henson, endVAWHIV, HIV, HIV stigma, pwnspeaks, stigma, violence, WLHIV, women, women's rights / By

When my kids were younger, I often sang to them to put them to sleep. I am not a fan of most lullabies (babies falling out of cradles? Really?), so the songs I usually sang to them were worship songs and/or R&B or pop songs. Often the lyrics had to be modified a bit, but …

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Join the #SaveRyanWhitePartD All-Day Twitter Bomb on March 17th!

#NWGHAAD, #RyanWhiteWorks, #SaveRyanWhitePartD, families, family-centered care, girls, health, HIV, NHAS, TAsP, WLHIV, women, youth / By

PLEASE join in a virtual all-day social media event happening the week after National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The date is tentatively set for March 17, 2015, but we are open to date suggestions for a few more days as well as co-endorsing organizations, especially HIV advocacy groups and agencies focused on social justice, public …

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