Author Archives: Skye

Private school was quite the ordeal for me and I had already developped a “screw you” attitude. My first year there I largely followed the rules but doing homework and assignments was a different story. I got in trouble more than once and ended up with detentions quite often. My second year, on the otherContinue reading “I Don’t Break Rules So Much As Ignore Their Existence”

This song never ceases to uplift me and always puts a smile on my face. Photo Courtesy of Pexels Free Photos

In October 2019 I was sexually assaulted by a man I thought was an old friend from back in the day. I didn’t report it until January 2020 and even then I struggled with whether or I was doing the right thing. You see, this man had two kids, but his son dropped dead onContinue reading “You Can Have Empathy For Someone And Still Put Yourself First”

I have been reading this book called Boundaries, Where You End and I Begin by Anne Katherine. I was everywhere in those pages, she might as well have been writing about me. My boundaries are all over the place and sometimes there are none at all. I don’t always recognize boundaries in others, I literallyContinue reading “Boundaries? We Don’t Need No Stinking Boundaries!”

I live in Nova Scotia and up until very recently we were doing okay with Covid-19. Our cases were low and we were even looking at opening the border with New Brunswick. I was looking forward to visiting my kids and grandkids but some idiots came here from out of province, did not isolate andContinue reading “Oh Lord, I’m Stuck In Lockdown Again”

I haven’t made a secret of having survived more than one sexual assault or that my older brother was one of the males who has molested me. I’ve also expressed the lack of justice for victims like me. It all still makes me so angry I vibrate and I feel like some vindication would helpContinue reading “I’m Making A Pros And Cons List And I’m Checking It Twice”