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We Are Not Black Sheep
Image credit: www.nextavenue.org I… WE are NOT black sheep. WE are radiant glow-in-the-dark sheep. Not white, not red, blue, yellow, or...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 14, 20204 min read


A Tribute To My Three Fathers
photo credit: bcbits.com My name is Marnie. I am a 40-something woman, girl, lady, mother, sister, daughter, aunt… you get the picture. I...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 13, 20207 min read


What It's Like Growing Up Afraid Of Your Own Mother
I grew up afraid of my own mom. Alone, commitment-phobic, distrustful, chameleon-like, follower, runner, transient: this is the girl I...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 12, 20205 min read


If a School LOST One CHILD Every Week...
What would you do? #4600AndCounting Did you know ... In 2017 in Kansas alone, there are 79 foster CHILDREN that the news media discovered...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 11, 20203 min read


The Real Reason Why We Aren’t Asking the Department of Health & Human Services #WhereAreTheChildren
It’s not the Democrats' fault… it’s not the Republicans' fault… and Trump alone cannot be blamed. www.MarnieGrundman.com As our eyes and...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 11, 20206 min read


I Ran Away From Home
It's more complicated than you think Sometimes preventing child abuse doesn’t come from calling a hotline. Sometimes preventing child...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 11, 20203 min read


An Open Letter to those who judge The Parentless
Dear people who judge me for not having a relationship with my mother, Have you walked a mile in my pumps? Do you know where I have been?...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20203 min read


She Never Even Had a Chance
Missing: A True Story of a Childhood Lost is a story of a young girl's survival, a woman's surthrival. It is a story of suffering, of...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20201 min read


For all of the Daddies, “real” and other, I wish you a Happy Father’s Day. For my three daddies, tha
Father’s Day is a strange day for me. Heavy and yet not heavy … I had three fathers growing up. But somehow I always felt fatherless...

Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20206 min read
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