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Times of reflection are the best way to start a week. Ask yourself this question: “How do you see the goodness of God? I know many victims of childhood sexual crimes stumble in their faith — doubting that if there were a good God somewhere, he would have stopped their abuse. I know all about…
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We’ve been resurfacing the posts our readers have returned to again and again. The ones most shared, most saved, and most quietly passed along. Not because they chase attention, but because they tell the truth plainly and without permission. What follows is one of those pieces. It tells the truth about what happens when lies…
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For the next 12 days, we are returning to posts from the past that have been the most popular with YOU! Here’s our 8th post as a nod to our readers. The Stench of Guilt (first published September 2020). The problem with sexual abuse and crimes that are perpetrated by family members is that most…
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For the next 12 days, we are returning to posts from the past that have been the most popular with YOU! Here’s our 6th post as a nod to our readers. C-PTSD ~The Cost of Childhood Trauma I turned 56 this July (five years ago). My daughter bought me a book titled, The Complex PTDS…
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For the next 12 days, we are returning to posts from the past that have been the most popular with YOU! Here’s our 5th post as a nod to our readers. Am I a Murderer When I was three and a half years old, I murdered a woman. I spent the next 50 years retracing…
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When you grow up in chaos, self-doubt becomes your native tongue. You learn to question every instinct, every flicker of peace, because peace was never safe where you came from. Chaos taught you to read every room like a soldier scans for traps. It made you sharp, but it also made you mistrust your own…
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The world is loud. News cycles are filled with violence, outrage, and division. Social media amplifies the noise until it feels like it’s pressing in on every side. And for many of us, the chaos outside echoes an old, familiar sound—the chaos we grew up in. When your childhood was marked by instability, abuse, or…
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The modern parent is drowning in information. There’s a book for every stage of child development, an “expert” for every problem, and a dozen competing theories on how to raise a child who is happy, resilient, confident, or [insert buzzword here]. The underlying message is clear: You can’t possibly figure this out without them. I’ve…
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The heart is a wild thing. It runs after pleasures, it bows before honors, it clings to security, yet never is it at peace. I have seen souls chase endlessly after one comfort, then another, like a child distracted by every trinket. Yet the heart remains hungry and unsatisfied, for it was not made for…
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Each week we will answer an anonymous message received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. There are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but no one wants to talk about it. We will. If you need anonymous advice from Jesus’ girls coming through…