bjukuri
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I Was Once a Victim Too // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame
I Was Once a Victim Too // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame. This article is well written and shows how the church ‘deals’ with abuse….and how there is a better way. I highly recommend reading… Continue reading
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Reasons for silence…
Here is a comment from my last post. I wanted to re-post it here and along with my comment… "While I understand your circumstances left you deeply wounded, abuse situations vary greatly. There are legitimate reasons for not pushing for… Continue reading
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Believe Us.
What is traumatizing and what is healing, when it comes to abuse; sex crimes? What is helpful and what is not? When should the discussion be silenced and what will empower the victim? I lean far into breaking the silence.… Continue reading
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Signpost of Abuse
In the definition of Borderline Personality disorder, the term "Disturbed Child" was used…in a way that allowed me to see how you would feel within this disorder. How you swing from an adult into a disturbed child…mostly when there is chaos… Continue reading
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The Right to do what you want.
We left the 4th behind us and I wonder how we all look at freedom, how we attempt to attain it and how we need others to get it. Freedom, personal freedom isn't that easy to navigate…especially when you have… Continue reading
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Who we stand with….
A reporter is interested in talking to you! Here is the what prompted it….taken from EX-Toots blog. "Paris Achen, a reporter at the Columbian newspaper, is working on a story about sex abuse in Clark County, Washington, and would like… Continue reading
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Adult Choices.
In the past few days, a concept has settled more firmly in place, an understanding of how life goes and how we go with it or struggle against it….how, IF we have a clear and firm knowing about ourself, we… Continue reading
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Gracious yoga…
I noticed a shift yesterday, a slight, but meaningful one…where the yoga was for me personally. In the past, the voice getting me in and out of the poses was the one who wanted me to do this or that…was… Continue reading
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In The Eye of the Beholder…
I went to the Beach House to do a Photoshoot with my quilts. I was struck by the image of the Ladies on the Beach….and recalled the volumes of time I spent there healing my inner body…striving to be whole,… Continue reading
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Hide my truth…
On the Ex-Toots Blog, someone commented about praying for the children in the FALC, that they would be spared abuse. When I commented back, the children don't need our prayers, but we need to pray for the adults. We need… Continue reading