punishment

  • I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: I don’t want for much. My life is relatively simple and I’m in right standing with God. I live by a quiet lake and the Montana mountains restore me. In the night hours, God leads me in paths that shine light on…

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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Destiny is my driving force. I felt a different drumbeat as a child. I knew I wasn’t like my parents. I knew things they didn’t tell me. Things about God. Things about a better life. A Gem: Finding my purpose in life…

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  • Jewels, Gems & Gunpowder

    I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: It is April 6th here in Montana and there is a light dusting of snow on the ground. I love the weather here. It’s unpredictable, comes and goes quickly — it reminds me much of myself. Radical and safe. Strong and soft.…

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  • Radiance of Love

    It’s a terrible thing to know you aren’t loved. As I child, I knew I wasn’t. It just was. Unkept, abused, and glowing of nothing good. It’s not a good way to start life. It sets a tone for everything. The notion that someone should care about me didn’t really exist. I managed to keep…

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  • The Persuasion of Punishment

    “Why didn’t you tell somebody if your abuse was so bad?” These clever folks speak to you about something they know nothing of – being a child of severe sexual, physical and psychological abuse. Do they not understand the fear that was instilled into my little being? Not only was my body pierced by the…

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