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Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:41:20 PM
Margie McKinnon added REPAIR Your Life: A Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse to her Bookshelf
Margie said, "R.E.P.A.I.R. is a Six-Stage Program for abuse survivors that will transform your life forever!
Friday, August 14, 2009 6:34:00 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Can you hear me now!:
Margie said, "What a clever sentence. It's use intrigues me since it has zillions of possibilities. At the moment it's tied in with Obama and the people who are fed up with his high spending sprees and a health care bill that is nonsensical. But..." more
Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:30:18 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Let Go, Let Peace Come In Foundation:
Margie said, "August 9, 2009, 1:43 pmI just returned last night from the Friday, August 7, Board of Director's meeting of the foundation Let Go, Let Peace Come In in Philadelphia, PA. Other than a lack of sleep from the night before (had to get up at 2:00..." more
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:39:40 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Let Go, Let Peace Come In:
Margie said, "I've recently been invited to serve on the Board of Directors of a foundation called Let Go,Let Peace Come In at www.letgoletpeacecomein.org/ . Their mission is: "To bring healing, support, and awareness to the hundreds of millions of..." more
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:57:35 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled The Lamplighters, a movement for recovery from incest & child sexual abuse:
Margie said, "I am elated! We have a new Lamplighter Chapter in forming in Australia. That makes 41 Lamplighter Chapters in six countries. Take a look at our website at www.thelamplighters.org. My goal is one day to have..." more
Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:39:30 AM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Be An Advocate!:
Margie said, "I recently read the following article from Huffington Post written by women and children's advocate and author, Cheryl Saban. The sentence, "Did you know that girls aged 15 to 19 years old account for 50% of victims of sexual abuse..." more
Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:43:24 AM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled The correlation between your health and child abuse:
Margie said, "If you haven't yet seen it, your desire for good health as you grow older demands that you take a look at the Ace Study at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ACE/ It may save your life. . The ACE Study is an ongoing collaboration between the..." more
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:38:16 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Sexual abuse in Africa:
Margie said, "I received the following email yesterday: "I am a slave in Africa, I have been sexually abuse by my buyer for 5 yrs now, I am a young Girl of 19yrs of age I was sole out to slavery at the age of 14yrs. I don’t know..." more
Friday, February 27, 2009 11:57:41 AM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Margie said, "This morning I received an email from Care2 Action Alerts at [email protected]. Their website is at http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFKNs/zjwm/Ap_d4. They told of the devastating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and are..." more
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:15:27 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Frustrations on the Internet:
Margie said, "As if there weren't enough already, dealing with frustrations on the Internet is a HUGE challenge. I tried to do an RSS feed on a new blog I wrote from my Oprah Nation site to my amazon.com blog site and accidentally added all of the Oprah..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Media Mental Midgets.:
Margie said, "Okay, I don't want to hear about the use of the now politically incorrect use of the word, midget. Get a life and go on. My point: I have an unwavering belief in freedom of the press, let's establish that right off. And I do not want there to be..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled One View: CORNVILLE: A Novel In Progress:
Margie said, "CORNVILLE ©2008 falcon creek publishing co. Have Your Ever Seen A Novel In Progress? Few ever get the opportunity to see a novel in progress. Normally, authors are very secretive and vague about their works in progress. This author (secret..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled My Letter to Sen. Obama: 3/29/08:
Margie said, "The following is a reprint of my letter to then Senator Obama, now President-Elect. The letter was sent in March, 2008, during the Primary Campaign: March 19, 2008 Senator Barack Obama P.O. Box 8102 Chicago, IL, 60680 Dear Senator, Since the..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled ONE VIEW: Free Vs Paid:
Margie said, "Free vs Cost I have long suspected that real value is only assigned to things we receive, when we pay for them in some meaningful way. It is not a question of what price is paid, but any price—something. Perhaps this is owed to the inherent..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Family Blogs:
Margie said, " These days, family members often reside in states as far apart as Main and Oregon. Family blogs offer a fantastic way to stay in touch. What about a photo of the new baby; wedding pics for those who could not attend, or who only have the pics..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled One View: Half Full or Half Empty?:
Margie said, "They call this "Black Friday." Okay, I'll take that. The reference is to this being the day that retailers expect (or hope) to see their financial seesaw move from the "red" to the 'black.' I wish all the best. The predictions of doom and gloom are..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled My Resolve to Not Resolve.:
Margie said, "This year, I resolve to not resolve. How's that for doublespeak? So have I resolved or not? Actually, I am certain I am not alone in this. Enough with the sincere but short-lived resolutions to do this or that. Better, I decided, some time ago, to..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Caution of Race Hatred:
Margie said, "During the race for president there were several occasions in which statements of falsehood were presented to audiences, by the Republican candidates, with overtones that elicited violent responses. To say the least, I was appalled that people..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Video Tutorials & Software Tips:
Margie said, "VIDEO TUTORIAL: How To Connect Your DV Camera To Your Computer. I know that, for the non-nerds out there, figuring out how to create all this computer and video magic may be a little daunting. We at Oprah Nation are constantly on the lookout for..." more
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:24:29 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Safety Alerts--- This is a true story.:
Margie said, "This is a true story. A woman left the office after working hours and saw a little child crying on the road. Feeling pity for the child, she went to ask what happened. The child said, 'I am lost. Can you take me home please?' Then the child gave..." more
Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:21:30 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled So little time........so many choices:
Margie said, "Throughout my travels on the Internet I find sites dedicated to helping childhood sexual abuse survivors in the hundreds (maybe in the thousands, I haven't had time to check them all but would need to live to maybe 380 in order to do that) and keep..." more
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:35:56 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled We have been through so much:
Margie said, "So many survivors of child sexual abuse have a multitude of reasons why they have no interest in getting involved with a recovery program; better the devil I know than the devil I don't, it would upset my family, it really wasn't that bad, and it..." more
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:35:56 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled Excerpt from Let Me Hurt You and Don't Cry Out, the book I wrote about my trauma:
Margie said, " This excerpt I wrote about my life when I was 15 illustrates so clearly the trauma that an incest victim can go through. "The last couple of years, despite my earlier love and admiration, I..." more
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:35:55 PM
Margie McKinnon wrote a blog post titled So many to help........so little time:
Margie said, "I receive emails every day from people all over the world who have child sexual abuse as a part of their history and want help. First I read their stories, most of which are gut wrenching, then I check to see if there's a chapter near..." more
Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:12:24 PM
Margie McKinnon made friends with Tracy Grand