They Are Giving You Just Enough Payout to Make You Keep Pulling the Slot

A friend and I were corresponding about her church's response to her as she seeks help to deal with her abuser until she can safely escape him. This church has strung her along for years, asking how she's doing, promising interventions, having long conversations that leave her thinking, "At last! Someone gets it! They will… Continue reading They Are Giving You Just Enough Payout to Make You Keep Pulling the Slot

Evacuate

The firefighters had 29 minutes to get out of the World Trade Center or die. Inside the north tower, though, almost none of them realized how urgent it had become to leave. — 9/11 Firefighters Told of Isolation Amid Disaster [Internet Archive link] I was messaging a friend the other day. Her divorce was final… Continue reading Evacuate