Author - Karin

Part 6: No Place Like Home

Nobody ever warns you how expensive it is to be a victim. On top of the terror, the nightmares, the...

Part 5: Goodbye

  It was a beautiful sunny morning when a caregiver and I loaded the van full of...

Part 3: The Letter

  My first call on Monday morning was to my IHSS social worker. The call went to voicemail, as...

Part 2: Lucky?

  I got up the next morning feeling numb. I had slept for a few hours, but kept...

Part 1: Shattered

 In November 2014, I was the victim of a violent home invasion robbery committed by a former...

Aria Makes a Friend

  Aria plays with her Airedale friend Dietrich at the #spreckels organ while Carol Williams...