Thank you for your stories.  Those of you injured and overcoming it everyday, you are an inspiration to me.

I struggle with this topic because my mother was a chronic pain sufferer without physical damage, from the time I was a young teenager until today; there was a lot of anger that was expressed as physical pain. Someone gave me Healing Back Pain by Dr. John Sarno and reading it helped me finally understand what was going on all those years.

Eager to read The Body Broken, thanks for featuring.

Thank you for the wonderful interview.

To hear her condense and summarize her lifetime of knowledge about women in society is invaluable.

I will forward it to every younger woman in my address book.  

Sarah hasn’t learnt by now that you don’t publicly criticize your grandson’s father, lest your remarks damage your relationship with that grandchild, not to mention the relationship with your daughter, should she reconcile with Levi.

A more thoughtful person than Sarah would have said, at most, "We are disappointed but the most important thing is our mutual love for Tripp."

so many said tea!

that’s my splurge too; Kroger and Publix sell PG Tips and I spend a little more for it than my usual Red Rose

In my experience, a girl does this for one reason: approval.  A girl who receives complete approval from her family for who she is, how she looks, and what she knows, will not choose this sexual role for herself in order to gain approval that is lacking.

For girls reading this, here is good information from the American Academy of Pediatrics:

http://brightfutures.aap.org/pdfs/Guidelines_PDF/9-Promoting-Healthy-Sexual-Development.pdf

loved your post, great advice Martha!

It helps to recall what mom always told us: actions speak louder than words.

Sarah has already met with Mitch McConnell and her state lobbyists to devise what Alaska’s share will be and how she will spend it.

Sarah, like Bobby Jindal, another shining star, has the attitude that she really wishes that awful person hadn’t robbed the bank, but since he left wads of cash trailing behind, she’ll help herself.

Convenient!  

now Sarah tells us that expecting abstinence is "naive"

and all this time we thought it worked great

d’oh!