Holiday Inn Express Suites Monroe

... to show you what David and any other abusers pretty much go through at a time like this. Many people think they might know what really happens to abusers but they dont really know the play by play of it all. He went through a rough time day by day, second by second. He really stuck it out and went through it all. Before he knew it he was out of there!! I really learned a lot about this piece bye knowing what abusers go through at a time like this.

say "no" with a firm loud voice

call 9-1-1 without any hesitation

don't be afraid to ask someone for help

  call abuse hotline

look for help with a counselor or police
 
call your doctor 

 never be ashamed

 make a plan

 a new identity

don't let your guard down

 

... me in my chest
No food, No Water for weeks 
But you came up with the best medicine ever
According to you 
Ammonia would make me feel better
That sent I’ll never forget
I fell to the ground but you laughed 
I knew I had to win this fight
I bravely got up
At times I wanted to die but if I died that means you won
I had to keep on going
all I knew was at the end
I had won...

... Mother.
 
Before the abuse began, David believed his family was the “Brady Bunch” of the 1960s. The family lived in a modest, two bedroom home in Daly City, California. A small community outside San Francisco where David's father was a fireman. David remembered when he was four or five, and his mother told her children she was sick. Then mother went and painted the garage steps red and ...

Phew... Going through US Customs was a bit trying... No searching but a lot of questions meant - I supposed - to catch us with something bad... Who knows. We did not loose any meal. We're in the middle of a fairground, with a weak WiFi but OK. The only analog TV channels are from Detroit but the Detroit area offers 22 digital channels, many

Longer day than expected but we grinded the flying condo to a halt. No problem other than a sticking lock on the propane door.

... each other by the end of the first week or better yet by the time we pull out of our driveway Sunday morning.

Would appreciate any tips to make life easier along the way so please feel free to share your knowledge and experiences.

Mr and Mrs Travelalong
Tecumseh, MI

... the conservative nature of Grosse Ile for the aloof culture integral in Spain. But, it all built up for the ultimate escape, España. Boarding the plane with the my new closest friends (coincidentally the only English-speaking friends I would encounter) and putting thousands of miles behind us was one of the most liberating experiences I can recall.  

Sorry to dwell on the negative attitudes about my summer.  To compensate, I am including some finer pictures of my home town.  Enjoy. 

... featured on Oprah. It is so cute, over 100 kinds of specialty sandwiches. Bryan got the famous bbq beef brisket which was the featured sandwich. It was excellent. We also had a Muffalato, macaroni and cheese and a Pastrami. Very fun place. We stopped and got gas - $4.05, down a little from Chicago. Then onto Detroit for the ...

... John Sinclair, a film by Steve Geb******** the horizon, Sinclair will visit Toledo on Friday, May 4 to give a special reading and book signing at Culture Clash Records, 4020 Secor Road, from 2 to 4 p.m. I had the surreal honor and pleasure of speaking with John Sinclair and MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer about the republishing of this book, those golden and dark days in Detroit and Ann Arbor, modern politics, music, art and LSD. "This book talks about a lot of ...

... Hall, Cobb's Corner, and St. Andrews and poetry blowouts at Union Street, Alvin's Detroit Bar and The Mansion. I was a disc jockey on WDET and directed the City Arts Gallery for the Detroit Council of the Arts. I edited the City Arts Quarterly and taught History of Rock & Roll and Blues History in the Music Department at WSU. I've performed my poetry with countless ensembles and principally with my Motor City Blues Scholars at just about every possible venue ...