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Held on so Tightly

Posted by Beth Jukuri | Sep 11, 2011 | Surviving Abuse |

My sister’s words bounce off the walls of the now empty room where a family used to reside like a hollowed out cavern absent of love and life. Dead. Each time a family member walks up, seeking to reconnect I turn the light on,...

Great Rivers flowing to the Sea

Posted by Beth Jukuri | Sep 11, 2011 | Surviving Abuse |

While watching Oprah yesterday I was able to see how another girl is working to make sense of her abuse by her father. Although she also has to come to terms with her actions of killing him, she spent 18 years in prison. In...

Darkness is the Only Love She Knows

Posted by Beth Jukuri | Sep 11, 2011 | Surviving Abuse |

“The more of our self we own, the less need for enemies to embody our disowned darkness. Everything is welcomed by the soul.” Pat B. Allen. People are carrying the dark parts of us? Who we call our enemies are really folks...