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Frog in the Pot

Nov 12, 2014 By elinwaldal 22 Comments

Have you heard about the frog in the pot? When you think about a frog…maybe you think of the prince from childhood fairy tales. Not me. I think of the […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: dating abuse, Safety Plan, Teen Dating Violence

Upon My Devotion

Oct 9, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Upon My Devotion Upon my devotion you spread your anger with the world I now suffer You thought you were safe or perhaps you thought I wouldn’t stop kidding myself […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Abuse Survival, Breaking up, Poetry, Teen Dating Violence, Writing

Talking About Teen Dating Violence

Apr 7, 2011 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

*Note: This interview was originally published on Midlife at the Oasis. Not all kisses are loving, as Elin Stebbins Waldal reveals so bravely and intimately in Tornado Warning: A Memoir of […]

Filed Under: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Awareness Tagged With: dating abuse, Healing, Parenting, Teen Dating Violence, Teens, Tornado Warning Book

Parent of the Twilight Generation

Nov 22, 2009 By elinwaldal 1 Comment

Given Stephanie Meyer openly shares with all who visit her website that a dream served as inspiration for her first book, Twilight, I think it is safe to say that […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Opportunity to Teach, Parenting, Teen Dating Violence, Twilight Saga

When this was my life ‘movie’, I had no voice.

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

After previewing this video I am drawn backward, apart from the fact that I was never an actress… this film rolling before my eyes could be me, could be anyone […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Life Movie, Teen Dating Violence

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