from my heart to yours…
While talking with women and friends in all walks of life, secrets are shared and stories told. Some of them involve assault, that ugly word that we avoid discussing. When statistics say that one in three women (some say one in five women) have endured sexual assault we can assume that there are several with …
For how long will you allow your rights to be disregarded?
Hobbes, I wish That when we tried I’d been less broken And more alive. - That I’d been stronger And not that reed Bent and bruised Unsure of its own strength Or ability To grow straight and tall. - I wish that fate hadn’t scooped you up And dropped you on another continent Across the …
“When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” - Harriet Tubman One of my favorite …
When you lie down at night Do you think of me? Does my name Cross your mind Warm your heart Touch your lips In prayer? - Do you wonder if I, too, see the moon? Or the stars Suspended in azure Since the ones In your eyes Are hidden from my view? - I wake …
And he won't go away He's under my skin A part of my system That will not give in. It will not surrender The memory of touch The brightness of smile That I loved so much. I'd hoped it'd be natural A slow dissipation Like water from pavement An evaporation. Instead I'm possessed With faithful …
No matter how Broken You Are, No matter how low you feel, No matter how blind you are, I promise The God of Heaven sees you. On the way home I was thinking about when the disciples asked Jesus why a certain man was blind. It was on my mind because of a conversation I …
Not for a young child. I would consider very carefully before taking anyone young in the faith, sensitive by nature, or tender and vulnerable. I don't know what it is about Batman movies pulling the insanity card out and having actors portray unstable minds... But they seem to have a corner on that market. Lex …
When you stumble across something Or someone Wonderful During your journey, Allow yourself to feel the joy of that moment. That moment that you discovered... That moment that your world was made sweeter, Even if it was just for one day. And carry that joy with you as an elixir for when you grow weary. …
When you want to run away, But you don't, Because you know when you get Wherever it is you are going, You will still be there, That is when you are growing. When you look around And evaluate the actions of others Without allowing emotion, Need, Or desperation To cloud your vision, That is when …
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