Forgiveness to the Bystanders

The Perils of the Mob Mentality & Our Strength in Numbers

To those who have read Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots, you know that as a child I was abused in a group situation by teenage boys in my neighborhood. When Karen Fisher, my therapist, was helping me unravel the quagmire of pain, she counted the “observers” as abusers. I let that tally stand after the first publications and did not edit that section of the ori…