Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 29, 2011 · 3 Comments
Christine McFadden, DVM It was just to destroy me. – Dr. Christine McFadden She went out for a morning walk with her best friend, Amy Velasquez, and came home to find all four of her children brutally murdered. How do you recover from this devastating loss? Dr. Christine McFadden is a veterinarian in Merced, CA. She founded the thriving Valley … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, child abuse, Dr. Christine McFadden, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, gun violence, Merced CA, MSSM Foundation, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, pit bull abusers, self-care, survivor stories, Therapy, Valley Animal Hospital
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Use your smile to change the world, don’t let the world change your smile! – Robin Simone Givens “Amazing Grace” is the theme of Robin Given’s compelling memoir, Grace Will Lead Me Home. Her maternal grandmother, Grace Turner Newby Scott, was amazing grace personified and a true phenomenal woman. She had deep faith and strength of … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, dating abuse, Depression, domestic violence, Eddie Murphy, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, Grace Will Lead Me Home, Mike Tyson, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, pit bull abusers, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rihanna, Robin Givens, self-care, sexual abuse, survivor stories
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 9, 2011 · 5 Comments
I think that this person believed that if I left him, that I deserved to die. I lived like a hostage. – Sherri Peak Hi-tech devices are a stalker’s dream, but they are a nightmare for a stalker’s prey. All stalkers are “pit bull” abusers ~ they can’t let go. Sherri Peak had … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with activist, Dateline, domestic violence, Global Positioning System, GPS, hi-tech stalking, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Nicole Brodeur, PBS NewsHour, pit bull abusers, Seattle Times, self-care, Sherri Peak, stalking, Stalking Resource Center, survivor stories, United States Department of Justice, WeNews
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on August 12, 2011 · 1 Comment
Storytelling is a critical part of effective advocacy. – Ruth Anne Robbins J.K. Rowling is the queen of writing a new script for her life. While researching her story, I discovered Ruth Anne Robbins’ excellent article, “Harry Potter, Ruby Slippers and Merlin: Telling the Client’s Story Using the Characters and Paradigms of the Archetypal … Read more
Filed under Survive Thrive Joy · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, archetype, child abuse, Divorcing a Narcissist, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, hero's journey, litigation abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, pit bull abusers, Rutgers Law School, Ruth Anne Robbins, Seattle University Law Review, self-care, sexual abuse, Therapy, Wizard of Oz
Sixth months ago today, I became homeless. Three months ago today, I moved into my new home. Sixth years ago today, my father passed away from a stroke. Yesterday, I read The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg. It is about a woman named Caroline who struggles to recover from childhood abuse and the sudden death … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, Complex-PTSD, Dave Gossett, Deanna Dawson, domestic violence, Elizabeth Berg, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Gary Haakenson, judicial misconduct, NNEDV, Piril Akman, pit bull abusers, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rene Renick, Rita Anita Linger, Ron Sims, safety plan, self-care, sexual abuse, Susan Dreyfus, The Art of Mending, Therapy, Tracy Guerin
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on July 1, 2011 · 5 Comments
First Sunset Thank you, dear readers, for your loyalty while I was AWOL. Some of you may remember that my mother threw me under the bus on New Year’s Eve, 2009. I very was fortunate to get an H-GAP voucher which kept a roof over my head for a year. And, I was even more … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, Bridgeways, child abuse, domestic violence, financial abuse, Homelessness, judicial misconduct, pit bull abusers, Ron Sims, self-care
Three more people are dead today due to domestic violence in Pierce County, WA. Where the hell are the mainstream media’s investigative reporters? How many dead bodies have to pile up before they get their heads out of their butts and realize something is drastically wrong in Pierce County’s domestic violence system? KING5 continues their … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with Address Confidentiality Program, child abuse, David F. Stewart, domestic violence, Everett Herald, fatality review, gun violence, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Jordan Stewart, KING5, KOMO, Kristy S. Sampels, murder-suicide, Pierce County WA, pit bull abusers, Rikki King, Seattle Times, Spanaway WA, Sydney Sampels, Tacoma News Tribune, WA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 21, 2011 · 4 Comments
Silenced. Too often, domestic violence victims reach out for help, but can’t get the aid they need before it’s too late. – Rikki King The Daily Herald This is the headline and photo that stopped me cold in Freddie’s (Fred Meyer, a division of Kroger) yesterday. It was on the front page of … Read more
Filed under DV Research and Statistics · Tagged with Daily Herald, dating abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence prevention, domestic violence statistics, family court reform, Mark Roe, pit bull abusers, Rikki King, safety plan, Snohomish County Washington, University of Washington, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
