Category Archives: GLBTQ

Facing Fears

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

Sometimes we learn life lessons in incredibly unexpected ways. In my recent post about fear I didn’t really expound much on the good that has come from learning about why fear is such a waste of time and useless. For … Continue reading →

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The Color of Fear

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

I grew up believing that something was simply right or wrong and that there is nothing in between. But there is: It’s called fear. If darkness is everywhere and light is also everywhere… then fear must have a home along … Continue reading →

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Changes #Autism #Aspie #Aspergers

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

Hello everyone, There have been a lot of enormous changes in my life this year and a lot of personal self growth. But what do you do when it’s not enough? Sometimes I feel like I am constantly trying to … Continue reading →

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Self Respect

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

I have done a lot of learning and growing recently. So much that I haven’t had time or the energy to write never mind try to find the words to share them here. Some are far too personal to share. … Continue reading →

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Thank-you Orange #OITNB

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

Dear Ms. Kerman, Ms. Kohan & the OITNB Cast, Inspired the emotions I felt while watching the Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, I began contemplating (yet again) writing out what my own childhood and teenage years were like. I guess … Continue reading →

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Twenty Eight

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

So I am officially twenty eight years old. I’m looking back on the last almost three decades (the word almost is key there), and I think of all of the things I have been through. The good and the bad. … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the World

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

To Whom it May Concern, This letter is not an attack. This letter is not a confession. This is not about you. In fact, this might surprise you but the world does not revolve around you. No, this is about … Continue reading →

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Best Endeavors to 2013

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

Sometimes real friends are hard to find and sometimes they are staring you right in the face. Sometimes you can’t see them because you’re focused too hard on impressing or changing for someone beside or beyond them and take the … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots – A Poem

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Gretchen Venters

Like little Legos this part of me un-clicks & lets go and then every once in awhile I smile & Something clicks & I miss the good old days that didn’t feel good then when I was young & in … Continue reading →

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Let’s Agree to Disagree

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Gretchen Venters

I am only going to speak on this once. Usually, I would steer from this subject. I usually only speak out about Autism awareness. But an article I read this morning really upset me. It suggests that some Christians feel … Continue reading →

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