Despair

The Vital Differences Between Sadness and Depression and How to Spot Them

It’s like comparing a puddle to an ocean.

Feb 21 • Leon Macfayden and April Daniels

Not for myself, but for a world in need

"...my heart still can dream"

Dec 24, 2025 • April Daniels

"Healing does not follow a clean plan with a smooth inclined plane."

Nov 11, 2025 • April Daniels

Revamp of Paperdolls.Today

Two Years and 400 posts ~ A revamp was necessary

Sep 22, 2025 • April Daniels

As a little girl I longed for a peaceful, lacy coffin

Starry, Starry Night by Don McLean

Apr 13, 2025 • April Daniels

SAFE Symposium: Ending Child Sex Abuse

Another wave of awareness

Oct 24, 2024 • April Daniels

0:09

Kacie Woody would have been 35 today

Hopefully, my words will etch her memory into the hearts of an untold number of souls forever

Oct 17, 2024 • April Daniels

Through a quagmire of grief

I found peace and a degree of happiness

Sep 20, 2024 • April Daniels

Working through the stages of loss and grief

Jul 21, 2024 • April Daniels

Three Brutal Comedies, by Wendy Hammond

"...my struggle to understand and then to heal evil." (Wendy Hammond)

May 1, 2024 • April Daniels

“…child sexual abuse represents a greater threat to this country’s future than cancer or nuclear war.”

Mar 26, 2024 • April Daniels

The first daffodil

Mar 3, 2024 • April Daniels

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