childhood memories
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: I love John Eldridge of Wild at Heart ministry. I want to share one of his daily readings with you, “I love feeling happy. Absolutely love it. Who doesn’t? But my pursuit of it has sometimes gotten me into trouble. I’m pretty…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Easter is tomorrow. It means a great deal to me because Father God left his residence to come into ours and meet us where we are. He took our shame, our guilt, our discouragement and lack of understanding and he wrapped it…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: If I were not loved by God, I wouldn’t have made it through this life. How do I know God is real? Because I first new evil. Darkness hovered in every corner of our house when I was young. If darkness were…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: “Teach me how to talk,” a friend honestly asked me on day. She shared that she struggled knowing how. Now, this was a friend that I spent hours talking to but I knew exactly what she meant. She wanted to speak in…
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I love this country. I always have. When I travel abroad, it is only a greater love I feel when I return. But, America, where is your courage? We may be the land of the brave but we have lost our courage. The words are used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Brave is…
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Suicide and death are such a common theme among incest survivors. You know why? It’s all murder, that’s why. I only saw my father a handful of times after that. He had chosen deceit and the battle between us was on. About six months before this illness, I’d dreamt that my father was milling about…
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Wildflower is looking for some members to join “Sexual Trauma Support Group for Women.” There is no cost to join. They want members who have lived through sexual crimes to grab a blanket, get a cup of coffee, tea or wine, and join by Zoom for connection, comfort and conversation. For more information on joining…
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If we understand grief, then we understand that it works just like pain does. When you break an arm, the pain indicates there is a real problem. Grief indicates pain unrealized, loss unnoticed, and the consequences of abuse. Grief unidentified leaves us brokenhearted and living in dull depressive states. When you befriend grief and ask…
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If you’ve ever lived through a sliver in your foot, you know that you feel the syptoms, experience the uncomfort of it, but often times you cannot find the root cause until it reveals itself much later through reddness around the area, puffiness and increasing pain. Then, the sliver is revealed and can be removed.…