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Hunger

By: redtentwomen February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

Day to DayJoanna Wilder, Recovery from Eating Disorder, recovery from loss, recovery from sexual abuse5 Comments

Are you done yet? A girl sits at the table alone. Food long grown cold. Fourteen peas sit on her plate, one for each year. They look up at her, grey-green in all their pitiful canned mockery of a pea. “You can’t make me eat them.” And so she sat, caught in a war of…

Ten Minutes and A World Away

By: redtentwomen February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Day to Day, WholeheartedAt Risk Kids, Counseling, Fighting Injustice, Other Side of the Tracks, Poverty, Rachel Smith, recovery from loss, Social Justice3 Comments

It’s an odd feeling, knowing that someone who lives ten minutes away from you has a life so different from yours. I began volunteering at a legal center on the west side of Chicago while I was studying to be a psychologist. I wanted to participate in the holistic work that this program was doing.…

Look to the Heavens

By: redtentwomen May 25, 2017May 20, 2017

Day to DayGrief, Hope, ICU, Losing a parent, Maryhelen Martens, recovery from loss3 Comments

A small stream of light struggles to break through a crack between the window blinds in the darkened room. The persistent beep from the nearby machine hums. It is annoying, as it reminds me I am in the ICU.