Tag: Change
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Family Predators: Why It is Hard to Just Walk Away, Series Part 4
I think it is really important to understand why it is so hard to walk away from families who protect predators and have a culture of abuse and perversion, not just to explain it to people who have never been in a family that protected predators but for those who have. I have spoken with…
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Family Predators: And then What?, Series Part 3
Yesterday I posted about my experience with a family predator and how it made me an easy target later in life. I’ve been asked what happened to the uncle and to the coach. “So what happened to the uncle and coach?” I didn’t sleep with the coach. He moved away, and I have no idea…
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Family Predators Create Easy Targets: My Story, Series Part 2
When I was growing up, there was an uncle that made comments on my body. When I started to go through puberty, he often remarked on how much I had “filled out” since the last time I saw him. He made said things like I’d need a bigger bra if I kept growing at this…
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The Crash and How to Handle It
Earlier today I was talking to a friend about the day to day life of following Christ and how one day we can be on a mountain top and the next day we are scraping the bottom of the barrel. I laughed and said, “Who needs a whole day? I can be praising Jesus at…
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The After…and Before
5 months. That is how long it has been since I posted last. On February 18th I posted a blog entitled “Changes”. I talked about the boxes and striking a balance between preparing to leave while still needing to be in the space. I shared the discomfort of all the things I didn’t know and…
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Changes
I am moving. My house is decorated with boxes splashed with fat sharpie letters, some blue, some red. Some boxes are taped closed, and some are still open with mouths waiting for more to eat. And I have been walking the fine line of packing enough to make progress while leaving enough for it to…
Jerri Kelley 