This Mother’s Day held several surprises. Days before it arrived, I received cards and photos from my middle daughter. The words written, touched my heart. Then on the Thursday before, I received a text from my youngest about getting together on Sunday for an early lunch. I met with her and we had a lovely [...]
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Mother’s Day: Reflect and Hope
Posted in Anxiety, Belief, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Keeping Secrets, Life Stories, Losing Innocence, Mother's Day, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Remember, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Siblings, Sisters, Survivors, Trust, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, control, dads, denial, depression, family, healing, love, memories, molestation, religion, sin, taking sides, understanding, tagged Belief, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, church, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, Emotions, Faith, family, Fear, Happiness, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, molestation, Mother's Day, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, reflections, religion, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Sisters, survivor, Survivors, taking sides, Trust, Victim on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life is a Denial
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Faith, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Justification, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, depression, family, guilt, healing, love, memories, religion, sin, taking sides, tagged believers, betrayal, bible, biblical, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, Faith, godly, Incest, Mothers, Rape, reality, Sexual Abuse, sin, submissive wife on May 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
He lives his life as if nothing has changed, as if life is grand. During the week, he gets up every morning, goes to work, works all day as an engineer and then comes home to his new wife. On Wednesday nights, he attends bible class. On Sunday, he teaches bible classes, participates at worship, [...]
The Haunting: Sorrow and Darkness
Posted in Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, taking sides, tagged Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, divorce emotions, Faith, false memory, family, Fear, Happiness, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, resilliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was making the bed when it hit this time. It did not come alone. Another bit of sadness in my life came with it. I tried to fight it, but could not. I then tried to hide it from my husband, but he noticed it. The flood began as he held me and I [...]
Playing the Blame Game
Posted in Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Faith, Fear, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, religion, taking sides, tagged childhood sexual abuse, Choices, church, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Faith, false memory, family, Fear, heailing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, religion, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The minute I saw his face, I knew something had happened again. Of course I had to ask to confirm my suspicions. He did not want to answer, but as usual I pushed until he replied. I then asked to see the e-mail.
There it sat in a few sentences. The incorrect conclusion and the usual [...]
Vengance: Taking Her Lifeline and Healing
Posted in Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Faith, Fear, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, depression, family, healing, love, memories, religion, taking sides, tagged Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, christian, church, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, Divorce, Emotions, Faith, family, Fear, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, religion, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, survivor, taking sides, Victim on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It came via an e-mail to my husband. It carried the subject line of Medical Insurance. It was sent 4 days earlier, but with company at our house, my husband had not checked his mail. Inside the e-mail my ex-husband stated he was removing our youngest daughter from his medical insurance. He threatened this [...]
Speckles of Light
Posted in Anxiety, Cancer, Choices, Daughters, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, depression, family, healing, memories, tagged childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Emotions, Faith, family, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I struggled through the day yesterday, I listened to music and taught my classes. The darkness remained inside and I could not shake it. I wanted to forget, but little things caught me off guard and the darkness remained—a book I read to my own children, a song, a piece of art, the smile [...]
Little Did I Know
Posted in Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Survivors, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, false memory, family, healing, memories, religion, tagged affairs, childhood sexual abuse, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, Emotions, Faith, Incest, marriage, memories, Mothers, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Survivors on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought he was having an affair with someone else. The signs were there. He withdrew from interacting from me and seemed distant. Not only from me, but the family in general. There were other signs, but they are to personal to reveal here. When I finally confronted him, there was denial and the request [...]
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This blog is the writings of a mother who finds out from her 23 year old daughter, that she was molested (from age 7 to age 11 or 12) by her dad and was told "Not to tell, especially not to tell your Mom." My heart aches and within this blog, and I hope to start a dialogue with other mothers who have gone through the same thing...Archives
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