Shawn D. Congleton

What have I to be thankful for?

I spent the last couple of years writing down much of my childhood. Some of those times were very difficult as I relived many difficult memories in my mind and then again, in my emotions. I found myself irritable at times when I had no reason in my present life. I had reexperienced trauma andContinue reading “What have I to be thankful for?”

An excerpt from Ch. 7, Loogootee Pt 2b of Never Settled by Shawn D. Congleton (release 12.27.20)

Today, though, we were all mentally and emotionally recovering from the aftermath of the night before. Why did dad hate us so much? Why couldn’t we just do what we were supposed to do? Why was he so violent? We all spent the morning getting ready, trying to process and comprehend what we just wentContinue reading “An excerpt from Ch. 7, Loogootee Pt 2b of Never Settled by Shawn D. Congleton (release 12.27.20)”