This tree with its twisted trunk stands where the Pacific Ocean meets the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, which divides the US and Canada. I wanted to visit Neah Bay because Sir Francis Drake had sailed there in his futile quest to find the Northwest Passage. Shortly after the man I loved deeply proved … Read more
Filed under Faith-Based Solutions to DV · Tagged with abuse recovery, child abuse, Depression, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, family court reform, Golden Gate Bridge, judicial misconduct, litigation abuse, narcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, Northwest Passage, Oliver Wendell Holmes, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, safety plan, Sir Francis Drake, Tyler Perry
I’m very worried about my Facebook friends and my readers. I am alive today because in 1992 I had the good sense to hide the judge’s arsenal of guns where he couldn’t and wouldn’t find them. Was he pissed? Oh, yeah. I didn’t care. I was safe. Today, the tables are turned. I live in … Read more
Filed under Violence Prevention · Tagged with 2nd Amendment, Castle Doctrine, child abuse, domestic violence, George Zimmerman, gun violence, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Stand Your Ground, Susan Cox Powell
I just want peace. And every time I have any joy or any kind of success in anything, he has to try to destroy it. – Christie Brinkley Christie Brinkley has courageously brought the arduous battles of protective mothers into the spotlight. She was on the Today Show this morning with Matt Lauer to talk … Read more
Filed under Narcissists & Bullies · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Chicago, child abuse, Christie Brinkley, Divorcing a Narcissist, emotional abuse, family court reform, litigation abuse, malignant narcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Peter Cook, pit bull abusers, Today Show
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on March 24, 2012 · 4 Comments
Shannon Wilson knows a lot about resistance to change. I remain devastated that her brilliant Rights for Mothers site was removed from the Internet. It had a wealth of information and resources for protective mothers. Sometimes allies sabotage our best efforts. They’ve got their own agendas and self-interests. I have been a champion for change … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, activist, Change management, child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Facebook, family court reform, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, protective mothers, Rights for Mothers, Violence and Abuse
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 2, 2011 · 12 Comments
Although the disappearance of Sky Metalwala is playing out in my backyard, I have intentionally remained silent because I was waiting to see whether there was a link between Sky’s father Solomon Metalwala and Glenn Sacks, the leader of the PAS movement. KIRO, the Seattle CBS affiliate, reported tonight that Glenn Sacks and his loyal … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, family court reform, Glenn Sacks, KIRO, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Sky Metalwala, Solomon Metalwala
I have won because I have won myself back. I claim me. – Michele Weldon Michele Weldon has survived domestic violence and breast cancer. She is passionately vocal about fathers who abandon their sons. She is an assistant professor at her alma mater (BSJ and MSJ), Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism. She speaks about … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, artist's date, Between Friends, Book Review, books, child abandonment, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Everyman News, Huffington Post, I Closed My Eyes, litigation abuse, Medill School of Journalism, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Nicole Brown Simpson, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Sarah's Inn, self-care, survivor stories, The OpEd Project, Therapy, Writing to Save Your Life
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 12 Comments
Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. – Barbara Thompson What does it take to get an arrest of Ron Reynolds? Washington State Trooper Ronda Reynolds was murdered in 1998. Her death … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Ann Rule, Barbara Thompson, books, domestic violence, In the Still of the Night, Jerry Berry, Jonathan Reynolds, KOMO, Lewis County WA, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, police misconduct, Ron Reynolds, survivor stories, Warren McLeod
John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams. He shattered the dreams of the middle class. He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with "family values" hypocrisy, abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, Charlotte Fedders, domestic violence, John M. Fedders, John S. McInerney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, NOW, pit bull abusers, Reagan Administration, SEC, Shattered Dreams, survivor stories, Violence Against Women Act, Wall St. vs. Main St.
Eight people are dead. Another is clinging to life. It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple. We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, domestic violence, family court reform, gun violence, litigation abuse, Michelle Fournier Dekraai, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Salon Meritage, Scott Dekraai, Seal Beach CA, Tokepa KS
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Life is a challenge. There’s struggle and conflict. It’s what you do with that struggle and conflict that matters. – Dewey Bozella Dewey Bozella spent over half his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he was nine years old, he witnessed his father beat his pregnant mother to death. In 1983, … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse of power, Dewey Bozella, domestic violence, Innocence Project, Justice James T. Rooney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, prosecutorial misconduct, Ross E. Firsenbaum, survivor stories, WilmerHale
