Voices Carry: The Book

Representative Troy Nehls/Jake Bachman

Sandy — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:37:18 +0000

Two months before going to DC in April (2025) I had emailed and requested a meeting with the Representative of my district here in Texas, Troy Nehls, to talk about the problem of businesses which use sex trafficking as a business model. Establishments such as strip clubs, massage parlors, cantinas, and a burgeoning issue of...

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DC Part 2: RAINN’s Congressional Day of Action/April 2025

Sandy — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:39:22 +0000

Believe it or not, what I panicked most about was traveling alone. I have night terrors. They aren’t fun, and usually I wake up trying to scream in a puddle of sweat. The scenario goes something like this- the non-triggering version: I’m in a foreign place, and can’t find my husband. Then I’m being dragged...

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Capitol Hill

Randi Kalman — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:59:51 +0000

One of the most transformative experiences in this journey of mine, was going to Washington, D.C. last April (2024) with RAINN to lobby for bills coming down the pike supporting victims/survivors of sexual crimes. It was empowering beyond everything I had done up to that point since writing the book. It was also scary as...

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In Comparison

Randi Kalman — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:36:54 +0000

When I finally snapped and began to hear voices, that was when I realized I needed in-patient professional help. I could no longer deny or hide from the sexual traumas I had experienced. The compartments, or boxes as I refer to them as, were opening against my will. My mind was exhausted, and I had...

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Common People

Randi Kalman — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:54:00 +0000

Once upon a time, there was a woman who would give anything to be common. She would meet common people and find herself filled with envy. They held down common jobs, and dutifully went to work with their common lunches packed up. They had common apartments. Within these common apartments would lie common desks with...

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Depression

Randi Kalman — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:04:00 +0000

It’s quite a broad subject, and one I can’t possibly cover in one blog. I imagine there will be many more on this subject in the future. Subjects such as diet, exercise, medications, therapy, and having a support group to help you on your journey towards self-love and happiness will all be topics of future...

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Stepping It Up

Randi Kalman — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:10:00 +0000

Clean and Sober I have now been “in the rooms” of a 12-step program for 20 years. Do I have 20 years under my belt? Absolutely not. There are some people who get it right off the bat. They go to their first meeting, and never pick up a drink or use ever again. I...

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My Daddy

Randi Kalman — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:53:00 +0000

It’s summer here in Houston, and our pool is an amazing 95 degrees, which I love. I’ve used my pool more this summer than I have in the past 15 years we have lived here. I have a ritual. I have my iTunes playlist – an endless supply of music that could play for a...

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Living With PTSD

Randi Kalman — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:38:26 +0000

Living with PTSD is an ongoing, never-ending uphill battle. Some of us deal with it by compartmentalizing our traumas, putting them into a box and throwing away the key. Yet thatkey never gets thrown very far. It somehow finds its way back into our back pockets. Ourtraumas dwell deep within us. They manifest in our...

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The story of Heaven Leigh

Randi Kalman — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:53:38 +0000

Let others hear your voice, your story. In doing so you may help countless people. This is the heart wrenching story of Heaven Leigh as told by her grieving mother. “This is my daughter Heaven Leigh. She was my only child. She was smart and beautiful. Sheattended the school of the arts in Edmonton Alberta...

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