When the trailer for a movie makes you cry, you know you’re in trouble.
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All articles filed in Recovery from Abuse
The Woman at the Lake
“No!! Please don’t leave me here with these people I don’t know!” I begged desperately for my husband not to leave.
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Defining Choices
Our yes’s and no’s define us. They’re the choices we make to pursue or stop the cause of what we find permissible.
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Don’t Give Up
“Seriously? Again? Now?!” I frequently hear myself exclaiming these words in exasperation and despair.
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The Hippopotamus and The Holy Spirit
“Hello, my name is Robert”, spoke a tall statured middle aged man. I paused and reciprocated the greeting with the exchange of my name, and we discussed a bit about our professions.
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Generational Opportunities
It was a hello unlike any other in my life except one, the birth of my daughter. This one was the entrance into the world of her first child.
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Dreaming With Hope
My friend called me after reading my last Red Tent Living Post. He is not just any friend, he is my friend whom I trust and love as a brother.
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Like A Candle In The Window
When a person experiences trauma, parts of the heart feel ripped loose, shattered, and blotted out.
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Here
“To Matthew, from Santa.” “Here!” His little boy face lit up with excitement, he reaches eagerly for the present his dad holds out.
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Barbed Wire Frame
It’s a dull brown, caked with rust, and the points are sharp enough to wound. That’s a good description of the barbed wire I’ve created within to frame some of the stories in my memory.
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