domestic abuse Archives - Colleen Kelly Mellor: I Write of Heroes

January 5, 2022

“Alone..So So Alone”

Alone…So So Alone… The holidays are always tough for me (and for many others with whom I sympathize). When my second husband died, on New Year’s Day, 1986, it was as if I sat in a minefield, smoke clearing all about… stunned I was still alive. It had been a terrible two years….two years that […]

September 16, 2021

“When Troubles Come in Battalions–Cancer”

Note: If you missed my prior post, “Heart Attack,”you may want to first reference that. And to make sure you don’t miss future posts, please consider signing up, on my website where my posts appear (scroll down to Blog on Home Page or access it in upper right corner, under Blog..then “Memories” at colleenkellymellor.com). “When […]

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March 30, 2017

House with an Evil “Soul”

Last night, at the Poetry read, “Synergy,” at North Kingstown Library, I asked how many believed a home took on the spirit(s) of the occupants. Half the room’s hands went up. I then told them I lived in an evil house, in Edgewood, Rhode Island, for 8 years, a period of time when my family […]

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