I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. Jewel: On the meaning of love, what is it – truly? It certainly is not a warm, fuzzy feeling when you’re watching a romantic comedy, although I think some folks think as much. I am perplexed by what love really equates to. I’m givenContinue reading “Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder”
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A Yard of Glory
I didn’t get here by myself. It’s the one thing about all these healing tools I don’t like. They put the onus of healing on the victim. While it is certainly – strike that, absolutely necessary to find and tell your story, what do you do with all the broken pieces you find? That burdenContinue reading “A Yard of Glory”
Neglected, But Not Destroyed
Like trying to dance in a field of thorns, so it is for the broken to walk through life. There wasn’t a piece of my childhood that was protected or safe. Nothing mattered when it came to who I was. I was just meant for the pleasure, or hatred, of those I was born to.Continue reading “Neglected, But Not Destroyed”
The Distinguished
I have qualities in this life that I would not have if I didn’t come through tragedy. Tragedy has engaged some of the finest characteristics that I just wouldn’t have found without the experience. Because I am alive and another woman is buried 20 or 30 feet under the ground and will never see theContinue reading “The Distinguished”
Our Destiny
An unnamed enemy cannot be defeated. I am not your enemy. True and complete healing comes only from God. I cannot bring that healing, nor can you yourselves bring that full restoration. I have disappointed you both, and for that I am sorry. I am convinced that nothing can separate us from the love ofContinue reading “Our Destiny”
To My Beautiful Girls
I am going to respond in two parts. In this first part, I want to talk to you about the journey and the battle. Then, our destiny. This has not been an easy life for us, but we have purpose. I’m beyond proud of you both for standing up, exposing yourselves in a raw realContinue reading “To My Beautiful Girls”
Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder
I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. Jewel: God is good. He does no wrong. Gem: The abuse that happened to me was not God’s plan for my life. To use my experience for good – that is His mighty plan. Metaphorical Gunpowder: I will not be given to distress. IContinue reading “Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder”
On Integrity
What is integrity? Is it not smoking, swearing and not hanging out with those that do? What’s the gauge by which we measure? It surely is not judgment. Seems to me that integrity these days is the person with the strongest conviction that they are right. By whose standards are they right? If you useContinue reading “On Integrity”
Dear Mama,
Dear mama, Some days I am capable of seeing you through adult eyes. Eyes that are full of compassion and understanding. But as I read your response I feel only from my child self. I am brought back to that broken girl inside me, filled with rage and sadness. The one still begging to beContinue reading “Dear Mama,”
The Fangs of Darkness
Why do I bring up evil? It is the one thing that most counselors don’t speak of. It is not the subject of healing mantras and seldom is it recognized in trauma recovery. That doesn’t mean it’s not real and the very essence of incest. Do I love the family members that I came through?Continue reading “The Fangs of Darkness”
