Permission to Heal: Part 2
He wiped my tears, He held me. He counseled me: The enemy worked hard to destroy you but He didn’t because I love you, and I have a purpose just for you to do. People around you tried to keep…
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Permission to Heal
For a long, long time, I thought me holding on was because I wanted to. Somehow I’d convinced myself That it was a “horrible” thing to Release myself from the hold of the pain. I feared that I would hurt…
Know the Signs
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Legacy
Legacy. I used to wonder what that would mean for me. Would I be important enough to remember Once my flesh is laid to rest? I suppose it is out of fear that I used to ask these things. What…
The Voids
The voids are a darkness So hard at times to fully identify in name But so easy to identity in symptom Heavy, Angry, Low Self-Worth Fear, Abused, Abandoned Just to name a few As I discover that I yet have…
Discretion Over Deliverance
Part 2: Reasons Why I always find myself asking the question WHY when something happens contrary to what I think it should; this is a normal human response, I suppose. I am finding that my why lingers in a bit…
Violence Against Women Act
This week, the House of Representatives will vote for the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act. The updated act will improve the prevention of violence against women, support communities of color, increase access to housing for victims, prevent domestic…
Only a Reflection of the Tree of Life
Before I began my healing journey from sexual assault, I saw my life much like the bare tree in this picture. I didn’t feel as though I had much to offer the world. However, when I looked at my reflection…
Redeemed Innocence
23 years of purity erased by a violation of me. Lonely. Often Vexing. Emptiness. Feeling forgotten and often not in a mindset of gratefulness. A hateful mess. Yearning for intimacy. That which faithfully You have given me. I had forgotten.…