Empowering Survivors
Far too frequently women throughout the world become the victims of domestic violence. Some people believe that only physical violence is considered domestic violence. In fact, the definition of domestic violence also includes emotional, sexual, financial, cyber stalking, and psychological abuse.. The abusive partners may not ever realize the trauma they leave their victims with […]
Building Supportive Communities: How we can all help to end domestic violence
While you are getting ready for work with the news on, you see domestic violence reports from the shadow pandemic and a headline about someone killing their entire family. You leave with your kids to get them to school. On the way, you drive past a homeless family with children. You get to work and […]
Finding Her Voice: A journey from victim to survivor
For those who have been battered yet find the courage to pack up and leave their abusers, the road from victim to survivor is not an easy one. It can be filled with fear, doubt and sometimes danger. Although one battle may end when you first walk out—if you take your abuser to court, it […]
When We Need Dad the Most: 5 Things My Dad Saw
Nearly 1 in 4 women/1 in 9 men, experience physical abuse by a partner, in the United States, which equates to 10 million women and men a year. National Statistics, ncaddv.org I want to give you a story of dark and light in plain, solid truth. Dad’s care, especially those who are hard at love. […]
Support for Mothers Who Have Lost a Child to Domestic Violence
I interviewed Tara Woodlee, the President and CEO of BTSADV, to gain insight about how we can best support mothers who have lost their child to domestic violence. In 2013, Tara lost her daughter, Ashleigh, and her unborn granddaughter, Patience Lynn, to domestic violence. In sharing her story with me, Tara provided some information about […]
Mother’s Day After an Abusive Mom
There are so many of us that love Mother’s Day. We get to show all our love and appreciation for our mothers. They have raised, supported, loved, and taught us. Those nights when we feared thunder, they would hold us all night. Then they held us all night with our first heartbreak, and we cried […]
