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  • It’s 2025 and I am exceedingly happy at the prospect of this coming year. That hasn’t always been my expectation, but rather, it’s been one of quiet dread and subtle disappointment over what pain may meet me in the new year. Not so this year! I am filled with anticipation of what will be. God…

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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: I was raped by my father before I turned four and it continued until I left his house at the tender age of 18. I don’t shy away from that story anymore. I was his victim, tortured for decades. Why change that…

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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    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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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    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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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    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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  • 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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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    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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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: The WOKE liberal agenda with its progressive ideaology is part of a continuing grooming and a trap for those of us that came through childhood sexual abuse. LGBTQQIP2SA: any combination of letters attempting to represent all the identities in the queer community,…

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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Suffering and loss have been an intimate companion to me. I try to ignore it but the truth is it remains. My childhood brought destruction daily. When I married, the loss of those 18 years haunts my soul. It’s what was taken…

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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: I hope you are having a good start to this week!…

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