Books
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Prejudice exists. I’m often judged and categorized for discussing my upbringing. It gets old. I’d be much more acceptable to them if I didn’t stand by my right to speak. Uncomfortable and unending, the opinions around me fly. Why don’t they be quiet? I didn’t ask them, did I? Unfortunately, this judgment and my shame…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Dillusional v. Deceived – let’s unpack that for a minute. The definition of dillusional is “a false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions.” The definition of deceived is “cause someone to…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Shamed, broken and alone — that’s how I entered my first marriage at 18 years old. Young and friegthened, scared and vulnerable. I had no one with me when I left my family. They’d marred me beyond recognition and I didn’t really…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Do you know a broken heart can heal? It truly can. I’m living proof. Gem: I believe I am called by God and chosen to be his messenger. It’s in the bible and I believe it. I’m so thankful he sees me,…
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The book A Prisoner by No Crime of My Own, The True Crime Story of a Child Witness holds accounts of childhood crimes that many of us have lived through. I hope my story helps you find your story! Conclusion “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children will walk in truth.”—3…
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A song made popular by Madonna: “Something in the way you love me won’t let me beI don’t want to be your prisonerSo baby, won’t you set me free?Stop playing with my heart. . . Just try to understand I’ve given all I can‘Cause you got the best of me BorderlineFeels like I’m going to…
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We answer anonymous messages received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. There are more than 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but few will talk about it. We gladly will. From anonymous: Hello friends, I just got my memories of incest back, after…
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Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:15 To answer the question — Yes, a mother can forget, neglect and care nothing about a child she has born, carried, and birthed. I’m not sad…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Have you ever played the game “would you rather?” Would you rather be in a room full of snakes or spiders? That game! I have played that game with my past. Would I rather be raped as a child or watch the…
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I wasn’t suppose to write words on a page of the tragedy I have lived through, I was supposed to deny it. Growing up my hope was supplanted with the intentions of dark people. They didn’t ultimately kill my smile for ever, but they darkened my days and stole my nights for a very long…