“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.”
Do you remember that ad slogan from years ago? I believe it was super beautiful, supermodel Kelly LeBrock who said it. I think so anyhow.
Don’t hate me because I have a good marriage. 🙂
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Abuse and Self Care
Eight years ago today, a new journey for me started. I didn’t ask for this to be part of my story; no one would. I entered into the day an abused wife, recently estranged from her husband, a mother taking care of her children, a medical transcriptionist, and a woman whose voice had been long since squelched, but who found joy in her children and was giving them a good life, despite everything.
I closed my eyes that day as a widow, sexual assault survivor, domestic violence survivor, survivor of gun violence, single mother (that’s the good part), and displaced from our home.
“As a small child, Belinda had found comfort and sanctuary from those that abused and bullied her, in the arms of her imaginary friend, Jesus. It would be the deep love and devotion she’d felt for Him since childhood that would lead her on a journey of prayer to an incredible spiritual experience that would miraculously still the Voice of Anorexia, lift the darkness of depression and transform her life setting her on a new path.
Little Girl Crying is a story of survival. It’s a story of God’s love, mercy, and amazing grace, that affirms God is with us even when He is silent. But most of all, it is a message of hope and encouragement to all that suffer that says never give up, because our God is a God of healing and miracles!”