Comments for Teresa LeYung Ryan http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog To inspire other writers to transform experiences into stories. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:22:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Beautiful People at Asian Heritage Street Celebration by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/beautiful-people-at-asian-heritage-street-celebration/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Chandra Garsson Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:22:26 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1040#comment-1172 Beautiful people! I wish I had been there...:-) Beautiful people! I wish I had been there…:-)

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment; Thank You, Suffragettes! by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/happy-birthday-19th-amendment-thank-you-suffragettes/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Chandra Garsson Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:12:54 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1375#comment-1171 Yay, little women with BIG voices! Yay, little women with BIG voices!

]]> Comment on Mentally Disabled Adult, Children & Adolescent, Sexual Assault or Battery by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/mentally-disabled-adult-children-adolescent-sexual-assault-or-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Chandra Garsson Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:43:25 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1341#comment-1150 Having read all of your posts on this subject, so far, I can only thank you for bringing to the attention of all, the plight of your cousin, and all of society. Until we begin to sort out this most important and complicated subject, we haven't yet become truly civilized at all. Having read all of your posts on this subject, so far, I can only thank you for bringing to the attention of all, the plight of your cousin, and all of society. Until we begin to sort out this most important and complicated subject, we haven’t yet become truly civilized at all.

]]> Comment on Mentally Disabled & Being a Non-consentable Person by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/mentally-disabled-being-a-non-consentable-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Chandra Garsson Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:37:13 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1301#comment-1149 Teresa, I don't know what happened to a more impassioned comment I just submitted on this all-important topic. I don't wish to give up, so I'm trying again. Your own sentence "I told him that the SFGH examiner said Sis is a non-consentable person, meaning her “yes” answers do not qualify as consent. This is similar to a child consenting for sex. It still does not qualify as a real “yes”," says it all. We must become aware as a society, we must demand better more comprehensive legislation. We have only begun to traverse the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to parsing out the complication of our laws concerning sexual assault. Teresa, I don’t know what happened to a more impassioned comment I just submitted on this all-important topic. I don’t wish to give up, so I’m trying again. Your own sentence
“I told him that the SFGH examiner said Sis is a non-consentable person, meaning her “yes” answers do not qualify as consent. This is similar to a child consenting for sex. It still does not qualify as a real “yes”,”
says it all.
We must become aware as a society, we must demand better more comprehensive legislation. We have only begun to traverse the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to parsing out the complication of our laws concerning sexual assault.

]]> Comment on Mentally Disabled & Being a Non-consentable Person by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/mentally-disabled-being-a-non-consentable-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Chandra Garsson Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:24:55 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1301#comment-1148 "I told him that the SFGH examiner said Sis is a non-consentable person, meaning her “yes” answers do not qualify as consent. This is similar to a child consenting for sex. It still does not qualify as a real “yes”." Oh, Teresa, again my heart goes out to your cousin, to you, to your family. Your own quote that I have used at the beginning of my comment to you says everything. How is it that it is not built into law that a mentally disabled person is comparable to a child when it comes to consent? How can a mentally disabled person even begin to understand how to say no, what to do with feelings of intimidation that are always part of coercion from someone bigger, more powerful, deeper and louder voiced? What to do about her own feelings? She can't! She is utterly vulnerable, and the sooner we parse out the law on all matters of sexual assault the better for all of us as a society. We have only begun to traverse the tip of the iceberg in these matters. “I told him that the SFGH examiner said Sis is a non-consentable person, meaning her “yes” answers do not qualify as consent. This is similar to a child consenting for sex. It still does not qualify as a real “yes”.”

Oh, Teresa, again my heart goes out to your cousin, to you, to your family. Your own quote that I have used at the beginning of my comment to you says everything. How is it that it is not built into law that a mentally disabled person is comparable to a child when it comes to consent? How can a mentally disabled person even begin to understand how to say no, what to do with feelings of intimidation that are always part of coercion from someone bigger, more powerful, deeper and louder voiced? What to do about her own feelings? She can’t! She is utterly vulnerable, and the sooner we parse out the law on all matters of sexual assault the better for all of us as a society. We have only begun to traverse the tip of the iceberg in these matters.

]]> Comment on We Didn’t Know What Questions to Ask the Police – Missing Person by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/we-didnt-know-what-questions-to-ask-the-police-missing-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Chandra Garsson Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:14:33 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1298#comment-1147 All are excellent questions, important for people to be aware of. All are excellent questions, important for people to be aware of.

]]> Comment on Call 911 When You See/Hear/Sense Anything That Tells You “something isn’t right” by Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/call-911-when-you-seehearsense-anything-that-tells-you-%e2%80%9csomething-isn%e2%80%99t-right%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Chandra Garsson Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:11:24 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-1146 I am also sorrowful and horrified, as we all should be---to galvanize action---to read this story, and to know what happened to your cousin, Teresa. You have done the right thing and the brave thing in blogging about this. You point out much of great importantance for everyone to know, for everyone to do. Your connection between disabled and Alzheimer's is also useful and thought provoking. I am happy your cousin survived. I am glad she was found. I am now going to continue reading your other posts on this most important topic. Thank you for your due diligence. I am also sorrowful and horrified, as we all should be—to galvanize action—to read this story, and to know what happened to your cousin, Teresa. You have done the right thing and the brave thing in blogging about this. You point out much of great importantance for everyone to know, for everyone to do. Your connection between disabled and Alzheimer’s is also useful and thought provoking. I am happy your cousin survived. I am glad she was found. I am now going to continue reading your other posts on this most important topic. Thank you for your due diligence.

]]> Comment on Thank You to Everyone Who Made the Festival a Celebration of Literature by Mary E Knippel http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/thank-you-to-everyone-who-made-the-festival-a-celebration-of-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Mary E Knippel Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:25:26 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1310#comment-1139 Hi Teresa, I'd like to add my gratitude as well! Jamie and everyone did a fantastic job! What a wonderful conference! Terrific people, great information and the weather was gorgeous. I was thrilled to be a part of it as a panel moderator and panel participant. Looking forward to our next literary adventure together. Be well, Mary Mary E Knippel Creativity Mentor www.openuptoyourcreativity.com Hi Teresa,

I’d like to add my gratitude as well! Jamie and everyone did a fantastic job! What a wonderful conference! Terrific people, great information and the weather was gorgeous. I was thrilled to be a part of it as a panel moderator and panel participant.

Looking forward to our next literary adventure together.

Be well,
Mary
Mary E Knippel
Creativity Mentor
http://www.openuptoyourcreativity.com

]]> Comment on Thank You to Everyone Who Made the Festival a Celebration of Literature by Margie Yee Webb http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/thank-you-to-everyone-who-made-the-festival-a-celebration-of-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Margie Yee Webb Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:53:49 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1310#comment-1138 You are amazing Teresa! Thank you for posting about the Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival before and after the event! You are my mentor and I am proud to be a fellow member of the California Writers Club with you. Also, thanks for inviting me to join the Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter last year. We were fortunate to have articles in the newspaper before and after the July 31st event, especially since the California Writers Club was mentioned. Please share these. http://rosevillept.com/detail/155073.html 7/24/10 | 1 comment | 668 views Literary fans read into new festival By Margaret Snider Special to the Press Tribune http://rosevillept.com/detail/155628.html 8/3/10 | 278 views Storybook ending can be a reality, panel says By Margaret Snider Press Tribune Correspondent http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/34092/Literature_Festival_Draws_Greater_Sacramento_Writers_Readers Literature Festival Draws Greater Sacramento Writers, Readers by Laura O'Brien, published on August 2, 2010 at 11:20PM Thanks again! Margie Yee Webb President California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch "Serving The Greater Sacramento Region" www.sacramento-writers.org www.calwriters.org www.cwcnorcalwriters.org You are amazing Teresa! Thank you for posting about the Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival before and after the event! You are my mentor and I am proud to be a fellow member of the California Writers Club with you. Also, thanks for inviting me to join the Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter last year.

We were fortunate to have articles in the newspaper before and after the July 31st event, especially since the California Writers Club was mentioned. Please share these.

http://rosevillept.com/detail/155073.html
7/24/10 | 1 comment | 668 views
Literary fans read into new festival
By Margaret Snider Special to the Press Tribune

http://rosevillept.com/detail/155628.html
8/3/10 | 278 views
Storybook ending can be a reality, panel says
By Margaret Snider Press Tribune Correspondent

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/34092/Literature_Festival_Draws_Greater_Sacramento_Writers_Readers
Literature Festival Draws Greater Sacramento Writers, Readers
by Laura O’Brien, published on August 2, 2010 at 11:20PM

Thanks again!

Margie Yee Webb
President
California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
“Serving The Greater Sacramento Region”
http://www.sacramento-writers.org
http://www.calwriters.org
http://www.cwcnorcalwriters.org

]]> Comment on Thank You to Everyone Who Made the Festival a Celebration of Literature by Laurel Anne Hill http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/thank-you-to-everyone-who-made-the-festival-a-celebration-of-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Laurel Anne Hill Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:41:30 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1310#comment-1137 Thank you, Teresa, for posting your pictures and comments. You are so organized. The Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival was a real success. Jamie Finley deserves one thousand "gold stars," or even more. Laurel Anne Hill (Author of "Heroes Arise") http://www.laurelannehill.com Thank you, Teresa, for posting your pictures and comments. You are so organized. The Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival was a real success. Jamie Finley deserves one thousand “gold stars,” or even more.

Laurel Anne Hill (Author of “Heroes Arise”)
http://www.laurelannehill.com

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