I read a devotion today that included a quote from Polish rabbi, Simcha Bunin. Rabbi Bunin said, "Everyone should keep a note in each of their pockets. When feeling slightly full of yourself, you'd pull out the note from your left pocket, which would say, 'I am nothing but dust and ashes.' But when feeling [...]
I'm healing. There was a day, just as short as five months ago, that I looked at my situation and couldn't see through the dirt and muck. A shadow of despair blocked the clarity of any future beyond the situation. Ironically the hope that carried me through came from situations past. Circumstances that were once [...]
"If you weren't telling your story and helping women all over the world what else would you be doing? What else is inside you?" This question greeted me in an email from a reader/survivor and struck me like a slap on the chest. It awakened a sense of wonder that hibernates precariously beneath the blanket of [...]
Yesterday time stopped for a moment. A breath of a moment as I heard the great Maya Angelou passed. Her VOICE spoke to my soul on many occasions in my life. God used her voice to 'show up' for me when I felt defeated. God taught me lessons through Maya's interviews. I'll never forget when my [...]
A week ago I had a reader from one of our 'eastern states' send me a bit of her writing. She is a survivor struggling to find her voice and speak about the abuse she has incurred and wishes to remain anonymous. She felt if she could find her voice in little ways, such as [...]
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