bjukuri
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What you settle for.
There seems to be a quest to ‘stand against’ abuse that is out there, in someone else’s life. It isn’t something you do in another person’s life, but in your own. People ask what can their community do or what… Continue reading
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Their mind tells them so.
Sitting here 9 years into the future of the day that changed my life forever, I am grateful for seeing eyes. What I know now, what I didn’t know then is that not all have minds that change. Many have… Continue reading
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What I had thought was there…
Today is December 4th, the anniversary of discovering abuse in my life…the 9th anniversary to be exact. Wow. Back then it was hard to imagine living with the reality of knowing your father was a pedophile and all that entailed,… Continue reading
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Our internet is down, it feels like I lost my voice and connection with the outside…or to be reduced to a whisper; my iPhone. In a way it has been nice to be secluded, but it also shows the isolation… Continue reading
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Nothing is hidden.
"Love opens the doors into everything…including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's own secret, and often terrible and frightening, real self." May Sarton What a great line. I know this to be true. I also know, that… Continue reading
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What Love is not…
A woman mentioned she was an advocate for Love. And, that led me to wonder what am I an advocate for? What is my intention and direction; just how would I classify my advocation? I even looked up the word… Continue reading
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How much have you changed?
There is a cost for being a Leader for Change within dysfunctional families; it typically means you lose your place in the family. You will no longer be part of it, except to be on the outside. Changes within families… Continue reading
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Leader for Change…
A Marine that was sexually assaulted, said that she wasn't speaking as a victim or a survivor, but as a Leader for Change…I love how she sees herself as an instrument for change. Using her life experiences to help others,… Continue reading
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What Part are you Playing?
As I sat with the injustice of the justice system, it came to me that our solutions will not be with the same systems that are now creating the problems; but something totally different. Changing a broken system with the… Continue reading
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This is Justice!
On the front page of the paper is another man 'convicted' of sexual assault, but only received 1 year, with consideration for the 195 days already served…although it was due to the fact he failed to register as a sex… Continue reading