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Welcome Aboard!

--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"

--"What got you into martial arts?"

--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?

--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and

C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"

--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"

--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"

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IF *I'M* NOT WHITE ENOUGH?! - Part 2: A French Canadian In Minnesota vs. Colorado

Bella Dancer

Feb 3, 2021
12 min

IF *I'M* NOT WHITE ENOUGH?! - Part 2: A French Canadian In Minnesota vs. Colorado

If you're just joining us, I highly recommend that you read these first: --THE GREAT "WHITE BELLY DANCER" WAR OF 2014 --IF *I'M NOT WHITE...

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO...Or At Least Graduation

Bella Dancer

Jan 16, 2021
13 min

Sex, Love & Violence: HS & College

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO...Or At Least Graduation

I didn't break up with Shane after that horrible day on the rock. Well, not to his knowledge. I fully own to taking the cowardly route....

CINDER-BELLA - Ballrooms, Ballplayers, Boulders & Byrds

Bella Dancer

Jan 11, 2021
14 min

Sex, Love & Violence: HS & College

CINDER-BELLA - Ballrooms, Ballplayers, Boulders & Byrds

Continued from: TRUE BLUE - The Quarterback & the Cheerleader Remember how I said that, with every year, I became less and less a member...

TRUE BLUE: The Quarterback and the Cheerleader

Bella Dancer

Jan 11, 2021
15 min

Sex, Love & Violence: HS & College

TRUE BLUE: The Quarterback and the Cheerleader

By about April or May of this past year, I started hearing more and more people pray for 2020 to be done. They kept clinging by their...

A LOVE LETTER TO A FEW OF MY BULLIES - As We Approach 50

Bella Dancer

Oct 31, 2020
16 min

Healing: Purrrr

A LOVE LETTER TO A FEW OF MY BULLIES - As We Approach 50

Do you have any idea how often I think about you all? The ruts in my neural pathways keep your voices on auto-repeat just over my...

READY OR NOT, HERE HE COMES: Boys, Mosquitos, and A Big, Puffy Couch

Bella Dancer

Oct 28, 2020
12 min

Sex, Love & Violence: Early

READY OR NOT, HERE HE COMES: Boys, Mosquitos, and A Big, Puffy Couch

As it turns out, my classmates did not get bored with the game of hunting me through the hallways, no matter how much I tried to ignore...

A WEEK IN THE LIFE A PSYCHO-SLUT: Part 2 - TGIFF

Bella Dancer

Oct 25, 2020
7 min

Junior High & HS Bullying

A WEEK IN THE LIFE A PSYCHO-SLUT: Part 2 - TGIFF

Continued from: My Adventures on Monday-Thursday As stated last time: If the title didn't warn you that this one's about to get ugly,...

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A PSYCHO-SLUT: Rumors, Labels & Violence

Bella Dancer

Oct 25, 2020
14 min

Junior High & HS Bullying

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A PSYCHO-SLUT: Rumors, Labels & Violence

If the title didn't warn you that this one's about to get ugly, then you must not know me very well yet. If you have school shooter...

GLOBAL WARMING: The Future Problem Solvers Solve Some Problems

Bella Dancer

Oct 18, 2020
16 min

Junior High & HS Bullying

GLOBAL WARMING: The Future Problem Solvers Solve Some Problems

I'm going to let you in today, right up close where I live. You may not want to know me this intimately. You may not want to know this...

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Bella Dancer

Oct 18, 2020
7 min

Sex, Love & Violence: Early

WAITING.

(flashy light warning) Spring 1987 14 years old Waiting. Waiting. Lying on my bed again, staring up at the ceiling, waiting to hear the...

JONATHAN.

Bella Dancer

Oct 17, 2020
11 min

Sex, Love & Violence: Early

JONATHAN.

Shhh...Can you keep a secret? You have to sit really close for this one. There are parts that I'll only be able to tell you with my hand...

I GO TO A FUNERAL - And Come Home With a Date

Bella Dancer

Oct 17, 2020
9 min

Neurodivergence & Hypersensitivity

I GO TO A FUNERAL - And Come Home With a Date

“…And yet, to learn of kindness after so much unkindness, to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find...

HERE AND GONE - Mommy & Me

Bella Dancer

Oct 16, 2020
15 min

Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD)

HERE AND GONE - Mommy & Me

Summer 1977 Four years old Mommy and I go outside to check on the big garden. We're already starting to get beets, carrots and peas, but...

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - A Subtle Slice of the MeToo Problem

Bella Dancer

Oct 6, 2020
11 min

Sex, Love & Violence: Early

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - A Subtle Slice of the MeToo Problem

Continued from: TAKE THE SHOT--A Tomboy Cheerleader’s First Crush & Burn I hope you read the title, because that's what we're going to be...

TAKE THE SHOT - A Tomboy Cheerleader's First Crush & Burn

Bella Dancer

Oct 5, 2020
10 min

Sex, Love & Violence: Early

TAKE THE SHOT - A Tomboy Cheerleader's First Crush & Burn

Spring 1986 Seventh Grade I’ve done it! This is the 80s, man. Girls no longer have to wait for a boy to make the first move. Forget...

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