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Monday, September 16, 2019

Jordan"s Voice

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Jordan is being abandoned by family (namely his biological father and step-mother) and he doesn't have a proverbial voice to do anythin...

Family Dysfunction

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A woman who comes up out of abusive cycles is not looking for someone to blame, as much as she is just looking for peace and healing and enc...

Mental Health 1

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I have jokingly said, in this life, that I have yet seen a functional family. Why do I say that?  Because that has been my experience. ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

It is tough to tell...

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It is tough to tell... The most asked question is why don't abused women leave? I have been asked so many times about domestic viol...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Imagine

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Imagine actually believing that you don't deserve to be happy. Being so downtrodden that every decision is put through the filter of: ...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Tonight

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...Jordan and I sit alone, tonight...in a shelter...for battered women. Once again I put myself in a tenuous position, because of emotion...
Monday, August 29, 2016

An Overcomer

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Despite living through multiple abusive situations, I would like to think I am about hope, about reaching back to help others. What is it ...

Jordan's Voice

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What kind of father doesn't see his disabled son, for any reason? When Jordan and I moved back down South, there were lots of expected ...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Do we all abuse?

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So at some time any person who has gone through abuse will ask themselves a question like this...which is, do we all abuse??? 20 years ag...

Orphaned 2

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..I wonder what God thinks of those who plead the cause for neglected pets, but see nothing wrong with aborting human babies? ...I wonder i...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Recovery and Healing

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In time, there will come a time when you can rebuild your life. You can be different. You can take responsibility for your life, and build ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Orphans

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Jordan and I are orphans. And the thing about being orphans, is not a lot of people care; because if they did we would not be orphaned. Jo...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Recently raped

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I was recently raped. Isn't sex without consent, rape? Weirdly enough he had no idea that I write a blog to help women overcome abuse....
Saturday, August 6, 2016

Hills and Valleys

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This past month I was raped. Why announce it? Why not? Raped is an ugly word, and an even uglier experience. I blog for women who have be...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

What I have learned

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It wasn't them, it was me. Well, not wholly me. But if I wasn't impaired, insecure and otherwise emotionally damaged, I might not ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Overcoming 1

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Despite living through multiple abusive situations, I would like to think I am about hope, and about reaching back to help others.  What...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Why do we do that?

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Why do we do that? We, being we women who have have multiple abusive relationships, enter in the relationships thinking the man will cha...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Being nailed...

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So, I am supposed to feel badly about a lot of nonsense dumped on me by my family? But I don't feel badly. Why? They weren't nice ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Bum Magnet, Revisited.

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So can woman really be a Bum Magnet? Or is Bum Magnet just a quote from the movie "Pretty Woman"? As a recovering bum magnet, I s...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Bum Magnet

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I am seriously considering changing the Blog's name to Bum Magnet. That's partly tongue n' cheek, but only partly, because I am ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Audio version of The House that Silence Bought

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The House that Silence Bought Audio Book: http://youtu.be/SRVuw89tU_A

...still trying to overcome

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http://wp.me/p5FOIk-s
Sunday, June 24, 2012

the house that silence bought youtube

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnCNldZ9ZQ
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Attention Hound...

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...Someone once hinted that I might be an attention hound.  I smiled.  You see, I do have OCD (and I battle hideous insecurity, daily)...s...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Signs to a Healthy Self-Esteem...

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Signs of a healthy self esteem: has self respect; and requires/inspires it in others;  is calm;  is composed;  doesn't  seek oth...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Social Work/Note to Self...

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...so there i was sitting across from my counselor, when it hit me... ...apparently i mostly date guys that i feel sorry for... .....
Thursday, April 19, 2012

...first relationship, with a side of abuse

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My first husband was abusive. His name was Tom. He is currently in a Texas prison for armed robbery.  He and I married in 1984. The ab...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

...when, there is no Arizona...

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(from Facebook 4/4/2012) "...didn't think I would ever love a song about someone lying...but "There is no Arizona" is...
Friday, March 30, 2012

...greater treasures than Mega Millions...

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Mega Millions was recently over 1/2 a billion dollars... (and at the same time Powerball was over 60 million) ...but get this, a few mo...