In my previous post I made reference to strong people still facing incredibly hard things and needing a place to talk and be safe. In several conversations I have had over the years the topic of strong people not asking for help has been tossed in, and usually there is a tone of criticism and …
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988 — National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
I have been debating whether to write about this or not, but I think there needs to be some honest conversation, and y'all know I am not one to hide from those. Having said that, this is a hard topic, and I am going to take a few posts and talk about it. I am …
What is Your Name: Who Has the Right to Decide
Last week I finished the series on Family Predators and left Friday hanging with a post asking, "What is Your Name?" In that post I said, "Your name isn’t what people call you. Your name is what you live into. What is your name?" In that moment I was thinking of my name and the …
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What is Your Name?
That is what I heard in the early hours this morning when I rolled over in my bed. I had fallen asleep praying about what to write today since I finished the series on family predators, and I would really like to write about something uplifting and not so heavy. I awoke at one point …
Family Predators: What You Can Do, Part 8
Throughout my series on Family Predators, I've talked about family predator culture and its impact on one's personal life. In today's final post of the series, I want to look beyond survival and escaping to changing the story. In previous posts I said I stopped enabling family predator culture in my life by confronting my …
Family Predators: Things I Want You to Know, Part 7
For more than a week I have been discussing the family predator culture, how it continues, how to heal, why people leave. I have shared part of my story and other people's stories, but today I want to talk about your story. If you are a victim of the predator victim culture, there are things …
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Family Predators: How Did You Heal?, Series Part 5
I have considered not writing this because I don't want to oversimplify this subject. I have written from my experience, and I know others who have hell stories because of their family's predators--yes, sometimes more than one--and their family protecting those predators. I want to respect their stories and their healing journeys which are more …
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Stopping Family Predators, part 1
If you want to stop sexual abuse against children, start in your families. I am not talking about stranger danger. I mean start with the predators in your own family. You know the ones I'm talking about. The uncle no one wants to be around.The grandfather that girls try to avoid.The cousin that gives a lot …
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 …
Treasure Room Life
Treasure Room Life by Jerri Kelley When my late husband died, my friend Sally Daniels, also a counselor, told me the kids would experience the grief every time they went through a new developmental stage because they would reprocess it in their new ability, emotional needs, and understanding. I am so glad she told me …
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