by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Nov 25, 2016 | Truthfairy Project
I tried to understand his violence toward my mother—her purpled eyes, his paranoia and the neighborhood street lights he’d shot out with his issue rifle over the hood of his Chevy one bad night. His wandering moods ebbed with the flow of Falstaff’s swallowed. Having...
by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Nov 25, 2016 | abuse survivor, Truthfairy Project
I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day no matter how many years tick by. This date comes again every year but any other time, if you ask me the exact date I finally laid eyes on my father again, I can’t always remember except that it was just after...
by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Feb 10, 2016 | Dance, Truthfairy Project
You know what’s hard? Realizing someone you trusted has shown themselves to be untrustworthy. You know what I mean. It’s happened to every single one of us at one point or another–when you thought you knew someone, when you really trusted them and as...