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	<title>Above His Shoulders &#187; People&#8217;s Reactions</title>
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		<title>Reactions Commence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I turned fifty one, an appropriate  time to begin my blog. I am a novice at this and will do my best to bring you along on my journey. A few years ago a coworker in a sarcastic manner stated, &#8220;Hey Williams, you and your psychobabble, well you must have been sexually abused [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I turned fifty one, an appropriate  time to begin my blog. I am a novice at this and will do my best to bring you along on my journey. A few years ago a coworker in a sarcastic manner stated, &#8220;Hey Williams, you and your psychobabble, well you must have been sexually abused as a child?&#8221;. Without missing a beat in front of a nursing crew, I firmly stated &#8220;In fact I was&#8221;. He stopped in his tracks, face flushed while heads turned. No other comments were made.</p>
<p>I was very comfortable in my own skin, confident after all the personal work I had done to resolve the pain. Never, absolutely never do I wear my past on my sleeve. No one knew and I had never disclosed my past to my coworkers. There is a time and place for disclosure and I had decided that time is NOW. &#8220;Above His Shoulders&#8221; is written and now in the final editing stages.</p>
<p>During the last few weeks others have read unedited versions, their comments and reactions have been cascading. Some shocked, others silent, some minimize the fact that I was abused. All of their reactions are ok, individuals need to react however they personally need to react.</p>
<p>I will keep you updated along the way about their reactions and my responses. A mini study if you will looking at fallout, negative and positive, from writing such a self disclosing book. I hope you join in on the blog, it should be an interesting journey for all of us.</p>
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