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- I'm sickened and saddenedby the news from Coloradothis morning.I don't normally talk "politics,"but I'm going to have to goon record as calling forGUN CONTROL.Lives can be destroyedin all kinds of different ways.Why allow automatic weaponsto be...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily Howl:I have excerpted the following from a website called Global Voicesand was written by Omid Bidar.In early July, an Afghan woman was executed publicly in a small village in the Parwan province, about an hour's...
- Survivors who come to placeslike this are here to get andgive support. Our hearts andsouls have been trampled on,stomped on and tossed outthe window. If we're here, we're somewhere in theprocess of our healing journey.Because of abuse, many of us...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily HowlWell. . . . . I consider myself pretty careful when I drive, when I date and when I usethe internet.I pay one bill on the internet,but not my credit cards.Over the last numbers of yearsI've done a financial...
- There are many on the boardwho are, at this moment, thinkingabout or are in the process ofleaving an abusive relationship.Some see the future ahead asan adventure. But for many, thetransition out is a scary one withan uncertain future ahead.I'm...
- In the U.S., July 4th is celebrated by most Americans as Independence Day.For me, July 5th is my personal Independence Day.For me, its the day I chose, with a huge amount of hard-won determination, to announce the end of my then-14 year (abusive)...
- In the U.S., July 4th is celebrated by most Americans as Independence Day.For me, July 5th is my personal Independence Day.For me, its the day I chose, with a huge amount of hard-won determination, to announce the end of my then-14 year (abusive)...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily HowlI generally concur with what Dr. Phil, Phil McGraw of t.v. fame says. But nobodys perfect. The other day he re-aired a show taped during his tenth season. And since I generally watch t.v. while doing...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily Howl:Twenty years ago today was the last Father's Day I hadtogether with my father.He died three weeks later.I'd gotten my wish. I'd prayedthat he survive his fiftieth anniversarywith my mother, and that I get...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily HowlToday is June Fourteenth.It was on this date in 1942that my parents married.They were married fifty yearsand three weeks, till my fatherdied in the month that followedtheir fiftieth anniversary.They married on...
- Over time we've heard all kinds ofRECAPTURE tactics,including but not limitied to:[] Admitting to being abusive[] Apoligizing[] Crying[] Promising it'll never happen again[] Writing letters of contrition[] Getting sober[] Going to church[] Going to...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily Howl:What. . . . .What describes you?What defines you?What encourages you?What enriches you?What excites you?What energizes you?What enlivens you?What launches you?What lifts you?What inspires you?What transforms...
- It was good that here in Connecticut,the Sunday on which this year's Mother'sDay fell was a relatively pretty day, inregards to weather. I always needsomething to help me through.I've come to understand that I choseto not be a mother because I...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily Howl:I was in high school on the first earth day.We had just gotten a picture of the earthrising above the horizon of the moon.That image of the earth in spacegave every person on eartha new perspective.And not a...
- Pasted in from today'sWolf's Daily Howl:What messages were you taughtabout yourself and the world?What were you taught to value?What were you taught to fear?What were you taught to crave?What were you taught to hate?Did you keep those teachingsor...