“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.”~~Unknown

I have struggled trying to stay positive during the past couple of years through the divorce and the rape, but I am learning to decipher the good even in the worst of times. Sometimes we think when things don’t go the right way, when we suffer a defeat, that all…

Things Not to Say to a Survivor

There

Most people don't have a clue what to say or do. It's a hope that this list

will help. We're still your friends, family, wives, moms, students, husbands,

teachers, doctors, brothers and loved ones. There's no need to back off or be

For the most part these suggestions are…

When life gets you down and the problems you face are certainly more than your share...

When you run out of strength and you want to give up because it's just too much to bear...

I want to remind you, my precious friend, that you have what it takes inside...…

"Do what honors and respects you. Don’t participate in activities that bring you down. Don’t allow toxic people in your life. Love everyone, but be discerning on who you allow into your life" ~ ♥ Tess Marshall

“To love life, to love it even



when you have no stomach for it



and everything you've held dear



crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,



your throat filled with the silt of it.



When grief sits with you, its tropical heat



thickening the air, heavy as water



more fit for gills than lungs;



when grief weights you like your own flesh



only more…

Longing

It would be easy to pretend

that everything is fine

that life is completely normal

and that the Fates fair wind blew kind



Or, that I have truly healed

or that Time can rewind

what circumstances He did steal

of what my Heart may never find



A Confidence, that…

"A broken soul that's gone through more pain than words can say, but found the courage to rise above & face another day. Their crying heart believes that sorrows never last, and tomorrow shines a brand new light that fades away the past." -Jimmy McClendon

Only the U.S. and Somalia sentence teenagers to life without parole. Adam Serwer tells the heartbreaking stories of kids who kill their abusers. Inside the heartbreaking stories of kids who kill the adults who abuse them.

THE SPAGHETTI SET will make you feel like a guest at a big Italian feast. Come on; devour the pages of this novel. They'll satisfy your appetite all things Italian and literally entertain you. For a free taste of the characters' irreverent, ludicrous and intimate behavior, see the free preview at:  http://thespaghettiset.blogspot.com.…

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Sheila arrived at the Women Against Abuse Emergency Shelter after waking up in a hospital emergency room. Her partner had beaten her to the point of unconsciousness when she tried to leave their home with their child. With her courage and the help of Women Against Abuse, Sheila and her two sons now live in a safe and loving home. 

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