Originally posted 2014-03-19 15:24:53. Listening to the not-so-good advice of my biological father I put my son up for adoption when I had him. On the 3rd day at the hospital I went one way and watched as he went with the foster care/social services worker. I cried thinking at the same time it would be the best thing for him. He was placed in a foster home. His name was “Alex” while in foster…
Originally posted 2014-03-18 17:34:02. So here it is. The start, the beginning. Although I am a bit unsure how to do this so bear with me. I have been told on several occasions that I ought to ”write a book” about our lives. I am not beyond sharing our story I just don’t want the ”wrong” attention. You have people who are always going to be the skeptic, the non-believer, the supporter, etc…well I…
Originally posted 2018-12-01 07:00:55. https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/rebuild-finances-after-financial-abuse/ I was sent this article from someone at Bankrate.Inc – Thank you Kelly.
First off I hope you and whoever you arw with had an enjoyable Thanksgiving no matter how you choose to celebrate the day. I decided this year to go to my daughter’s house for Thanksgiving. I cooked two different sweet potato casserole dishes, green bean casserole and little smokies with bacon bourbon barbecue sauce. I purchased the ham, turkey, pecan pie, sweet potato pie (because I ran out of sweet potatoes) and a red velvet…
Originally posted 2016-11-14 13:33:22. My husband and I were talking the other day about the things in my past. He has expressed on more than one occasion that if he could he would somehow erase, get rid of, the people or events that have left such a lasting effect on my mind, body, and soul. Those things that have left me forever scarred and in some aspects unable to return to my former self. Well,…
Originally posted 2016-10-14 13:43:48. What not to say to a Veteran who is experiencing abuse. https://reginavasquez.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/what-not-to-say-to-a-veteran-who-is-experiencing-abuse/ Fine Art America- Regina Vasquez http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-regina-vasquez.html?tab=artwork
Originally posted 2022-11-03 07:56:28. I woke up this morning like any other morning feeling the need for coffee. But the rush wasn’t from coffee. I started watching this documentary called Killer Sally. She was in an abusive relationship where from the outside no one knew. No one suspected outside of one person she confided in. The man was likeable. She did everything she good to try and please him according to her words. He would…
Originally posted 2019-10-18 07:20:50. You know I feel for folks who have gone through trauma but I am not the one that is so easily triggered by things. I don’t know if I have just become so numb to things and that’s why I don’t get ”triggered” by things or not. I can watch things on tv and some things may get my heart racing a little or I get a little anxious but I…
Originally posted 2018-03-15 18:07:06. I wish I would have had something like this years ago. So I hope someone will find this and are able to use any of the information. 2018 FINANCIAL EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES Co-presented by NCADV and the National Endowment for Financial Education http://www.nefe.org/ (NEFE), are exited to share a series of six sequential webinars on financial education for survivors of domestic violence and the advocates who serve them. The series…
