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Dear Fear, I am breaking up with you.

Sep 24, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 24 Comments

Dear Fear, I am breaking up with you. It’s over. Seriously. I’m done. Pack up your self-defeating attitude and go. Thanks, Elin For years too many to count I have been […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear Tagged With: Breaking up, Facing Fear, Fear

Happy Birthday Dad

Nov 14, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

Today would have been my father’s 89th birthday. It doesn’t matter how many years pass, I miss him almost daily. As it happens, this morning finds me in Laguna Niguel, […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Dad, NaBloPoMo13, Speaking, Trauma Recovery

Harnessing Courage: A Life-Renovation

Sep 24, 2013 By elinwaldal 4 Comments

The year was 2007. The red brick wall that my car faced in the parking lot is still visible in my mind’s eye. I stared at it for at least […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear Tagged With: A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its Effect on a Woman's Life, Books, Courage, Domestic Violence, Recovery, Tornado Warning, Twilight

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