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Elf Lady's Chronicles: November 2013
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Saturday, November 23, 2013. A Look at the Victims of Domestic Violence. I am your mother, your daughter, your sister, your co-worker, your neighbor and your friend. I am your nurse, your hair stylist, your chiropractor and your son’s piano teacher. I am the lady in line next to you at the grocery store. I am the woman sitting beside you Sunday morning at church. And I am a victim of domestic violence. In case you haven’t heard October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Why does this matter? Describes...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: June 2012
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Sunday, June 17, 2012. Living a Life in Limbo. You can get so confused. That you'll start in to race. Down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace. And grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,. Headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. For people just waiting. One afternoon a couple years ago, my son, who was five, was watching a DVD about the Spanish Amada or maybe Sir Francis Drake. My mom amazed at his knowledge said “One day, E is going to be teacher.”. I was asked to fill out the New Pat...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: December 2012
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Sunday, December 9, 2012. Get Mad Then Get Over It. 8220;I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes,. I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”. I have a confession. I have to come clean. I can’t keep it a secret any longer. So here it is. Sometimes I don’t feel so very grateful and forgiving. Sometimes I am just really pissed off. And I don’t want to be grateful or forgiving. While IR...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: May 2012
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Sunday, May 27, 2012. Why I Will Not Remain Silent. 8220;Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”. 8213; Martin Luther King Jr. Today a friend remarked that he didn't understand how I could continue writing about my story without going crazy. How could I keep reliving my abuse? So I question, "Why AM I still writing? Sometimes I'm tir...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013. This Valentine's Day.Love Yourself Enough. 8220;Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.”. Brian L. Weiss. Is it Valentine’s Day again already? Below are just a few of my ideas, but I’m sure there are many more. Love yourself enough to eat chocolate ch...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: My Story
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Learning to Forgive after Domestic Violence. But first, how did I get here to this day marking this terrifying anniversary? I didn’t realize that what my husband was doing was abuse at first. He wasn’t punching me in the face and giving me black eyes. So, it couldn’t be abuse, right? But I, on the other hand, have learned much. And that makes me the more fortunate person. I thought of myself as invisible, street savvy, strong, confident. And I still am. January 19, 2012 at 7:46 PM. May 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM.
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: July 2012
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Sunday, July 22, 2012. Listening to My Heart: How Much Involvement Should an Abuser Have in Their Child’s Life? 8220;Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.”. I’ve struggled for months to write this part of my story. I finally realized I didn’t need to know all the answers to write this post. I only needed to write it. So this is how the story goes. I married my abuser for my son. I didn’t know he was an abuser at the time. I hardly knew him at all. During the next visit...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: I Didn't Know My Dad Was My Rock Until He Was Gone
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. I Didn't Know My Dad Was My Rock Until He Was Gone. A few years ago during my divorce, my dad cut out the above quote and sent it to me in the mail. I posted it on the wall in my office and read in times of self-doubt. But did my dad, himself, succeed? I carry on my Dad's love of the outdoors with my own son, and in that way my Dad's love lives on. As my brother and I grew up, my Dad's constant love continued. There was nothing my dad wouldn’t do for either one of us. Just last Feb...
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Elf Lady's Chronicles: September 2012
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Monday, September 3, 2012. 8220;You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”. I began seeing my therapist shortly after my separation to help me process my emotions associated with being assaulted by husband. I felt ashamed, bewildered, guilty, and confused. My fear surprised me.
