When Courage Partners with Justice…. Wonderful Things Happen!
Justice comes in many forms… When it comes, whether in small doses or as a matter of significance, it is frequently precipitated by acts of courage. This writer has the utmost respect for those who have demonstrated acts of courage in their pursuit of...
I Have No Indoor Voice: Speaking Out About Sexual Violence
One of my many side jobs (to keep my sane at my desk job) is singing with a professional caroling company. Last night I was talking with the leader of my quartet about whether or not I sing at the optimal volume. I tend to be on the quiet side, some have commented....
Forgiveness? (Survivor asks, why forgive?)
I recently read a post here regarding forgiveness of those who have abused you. I'm still scratching my head two weeks later. There are some things in life I can forgive, like the person who accidentally killed my first puppy (I've not had another since) or the...
The Stripper
The night promised to be long as she gyrated to the music. The floors thumped and the poll vibrated with the beat she looked out at the crowd with eyes half closed, looking for her mark. When she saw him she smirked, slithering off of the stage, she gathered the...
Star Pro Athletes Darryl Strawberry & Tim Johnson: “Not All That Glitters is Gold”
Eight-time Major League Baseball All-Star Darryl Strawberry and Super Bowl Winner, Washington Redskin of the Year Tim Johnson ... ((LIVE)) Monday, 1pm EST with host Lisa Kratz Thomas on This is Your Life ~ Courage to Change. Professional athletes are idolized in our...
Consumer Safety, Sex Offenders & Children of Illegal Immigrants
Sue Weaver was raped and murdered by a man who had come to her home for contracted service work -- a twice-convicted sex offender, on parole, and his employer should have known about his history. After this horrendous event, Sue's sister Lucia Bone started C.A.U.S.E....
~Giving A Voice To Dominick Richard Calhoun~
~This Is Extremely Disturbing…I have been questioning myself if I should write this article…When I read about Dominick I was sickened..After writing this I put it in drafts contemplating the details,pictures and even hitting the trash button..As I went to close my laptop I immediately thought to my self “This is exactly what the neighbors did by not getting help when they heard Dominicks Screams,Family members who saw his bruises and turned their head..Closing my computer in fear that this might disturb someone the way it did to me..I have had non-stop thoughts and anger,Especially looking at this Monsters Picture that tortured and murdered Dominick..As angered and confused I feel about the people who could of saved Dominicks life by answering his pleads and calling authorities to put an end to his pain,I was doing the same..Setting Awareness Is a Hope and a Prayer..Hoping People will take the time to read the unfortunate and haunting details and Praying it may change the life of a Victim..Maybe Even Save A Life..We cant sugar coat the reality that millions of children are abused everyday..
Thankful
Through the years my faith in God has been tested, as I am sure it has for all of us. As we come upon the Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for the maternal grandmother I had who took me to church every Sunday when I was younger. She taught me how to plant...
“Something” – Abuse Survivor’s Short, Gripping Poem about Self-Value
A ghost of what she could be flutters around in the daylight, at night though she is all he said she was. Safety, love these are words she knows nothing about. Bitch, whore these are the words she knows. In her warped brain she even longs to hear that icy voice again....