Saturday, November 12, 2011  What happened at PSU? Let's try to
tell the truth.  I was at the gym earlier and the Penn State
game was on the tv in front of me. All week, I've been feeling
sick and anxious. I told myself yesterday that I wasn't going to
read anything that would make me sick to my stomach. I told
myself today that I didn't want to hear or think about it,
anymore.  But, I can't help it.  Especially as mothers, we're
all reeling. We're advising one another to talk to our children
about touch. We're going over every facet of our lives, checking
the ropes and pushing against the retaining walls for any hint
of a crack. We're making sure that our children are safe.  This
is so totally right on. It's exactly what we should be doing.
But, you know what? As mothers, we should also be talking to the
rest of the world. We should be pushing up against the walls of
language and secrecy that is built up around child terrorization
and annihilation.  We should be saying things like, Do you know
what happened