by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
Where am I being called to step in? This is the question I find myself asking as, like so many others, I’ve watched and listened to the events of the last week with a mixture of horror, anger, and deep sadness. It’s not the first time I’ve...
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | May 27, 2020 | Blog
Was I too old? Last week I celebrated my fiftieth birthday. It’s been almost 30 years since I was sexually assaulted by a stranger in Paris, where I was living and working as a nanny the year after graduating from college. It’s been more than five years since I...
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog
Losing my breath. Terrified, I gasped for air with each inhale, as if someone was sitting on my chest. I was eight years old. After spending a couple of hours climbing hay bales with my siblings and cousins in the barn at my grandmother’s farm, my breathing was...
