If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place! – Sally Field Sally Field seems to perpetually be one of the first celebrities who shows up to prevent domestic violence. She doesn’t, however, say much about her own experiences. She was one of 100 celebrities in … Read more
Category Life Rafts, Uncategorized · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Eve Ensler, Good Housekeeping, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jane Fonda, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, Sally Field, survivor stories, V-Day, Vital Voices
I have known what it is to live a lie ~ to want so badly to keep a relationship that I made myself invisible. . . I would like to spare the pain of every woman who fears that she can have love only if she erases her needs and makes herself small. – Robin … Read more
Category Life Rafts, Uncategorized · Tagged with abuse recovery, Book Review, books, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, Robin L. Smith, self-care, survivor stories, Therapy
My words have power. -Michele Weldon Between Friends is amazing. I discovered Between Friends while working on my post about Michele Weldon, who is on their advisory board. I was astounded by how effectively they have painted Chicago purple this October. Kathleen Doherty, a breast cancer survivor, is the executive director of Between Friends. Yet, … Read more
Category Leadership, Uncategorized · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Between Friends, Chicago, child abuse, domestic violence, emPOWERment, Fourth Presbyterian Church, John Buchanan, Kathleen Doherty, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Terrill L. Stumpf
I have to stick around. I can’t go until she does because I have to stay here for her and she would say the same thing. – Gordon Yeager On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stark accepted Gordon Yeager’s marriage proposal. Ten hours later, they were married on May 26, 1939, in State … Read more
