restoration
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A new interview with Juanita who joined me from Wales UK to discuss the abuse she received from the Head Master of her childhood school that carried on until she was 13. She contiues her brave story with more sexual abuse in her life and the journey she is now on to regain, heal, and…
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Denial is the gift that helps us survive as children. I get it. I lived it. However, when we have children of our own or have a responsibility around children, denial most often becomes a tool of destruction. “Trauma denial may be helpful in the short term. It allows the trauma survivor to stand up…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Are mother’s given too much leniency in cases of incest or childhood sexual crimes? Why do we offer quick mercy and tolerance to the mother’s that were in these homes? Year after year these women sit by these sick, abusive men and do nothing. Sure, they…
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On the discussion of fear — Do you fear the residual effects of incest will last a lifetime? In reality, it kind of does. There isn’t a part of my life that isn’t marred by the damage of incest. My entire childhood was ruled by this cruel master. There is a story of sibling incest…
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The bible tells us a “tender reed will not be broken.” In my childhood, I was — broken. How do you give what you have never received? My children were born to a mother who had never seen tenderness. Cruelty was the character that ruled my life. How then was I to know what kindness…
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A new interview with Laura Ann is now up on the YouTube Channel dedicated to warrior stories. We delve into the reality of childhood sexual crimes, supressing the memories to survive, and in Laura’s case, much of her memory of childhood is still hidden. Here’s a clip from that interview: Subscribe and watch all the…
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On the discussion of fear — Do you fear receiving love? My childhood held little love. What I could receive, I got from a loving grandmother and uncle. Other than that, this little girl received a lot of rejection, hate, and abuse. That was yesterday but it effected how I lived. I didn’t pick people…
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As a child, the first thing we learn when coming through childhood tragedies is to remain quiet. Don’t tell is the very first rule we are given. The problem is we did see, we did hear and we still didn’t tell. If we are ever going to change our pasts, we have to break the…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. What if forgiveness meant letting go? What if the act of forgiveness separated you from the person who harmed you? The very nature of forgiving to me means that I am now separate from the person who hurt me. I don’t see the world according to…
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A new interview with Latarsha Haughton, author of Breaking the Silence, is now up on the YouTube Channel dedicated to warrior stories. We delve into the reality of childhood sexual crimes, supressing the memories to survive, and in Latarsha’s case, she leaves her father’s home with is child. Here’s a clip from that interview: Subscribe…