Over on Blog Sisters, lots of posts telling stories about the abuse of women by men and the systems they control, from personal stories to newspaper accounts. And it is not just the women whose hearts and souls are forever damaged; the children of those families have to struggle with psychological wounds for the rest of their lives.
These are disturbing stories, but stories that need to be told and heard. In his book If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him, Sheldon Kopp has a section likening the story telling that goes on in the Canterbury Tales to the kind of story-sharing that we all need to do as fellow pilgrims on our journey through Iife. Like Chaucer

What we are called is what identifies us. Names. On Blog Sisters, a couple of lengthy posts about names — about decisions to hyphenate married names

Well, at least www.blogsisters.com seems to be taking over my life these days. With our fearless leader and founder, Jeneane Sessum temporarily shifting her focus to family matters, I’ve taken over some of the daily stuff that she handled by herself for so long.
So many new members! So much discussion about choice! Lots of young moms creating their individual voices on our ever-growing gang blog.
But where are all the old-timers, our steadfast standbys, our loquacious ladies of the best of the Blog? Come back! Come back! The Sistahs need your nerve and verve too! We haven’t changed the world yet!
But we are sure still trying!