abuse

"Time Is Running Out" is a hit song by the band Muse. It's also my roommate's ring tone for her cellphone. It's also oddly prophetic.  Read More »

It has been awhile everyone!!! I have missed this site a lot but have been so busy that I haven’t been able to get on and blog and comment like I should. I hope everyone who knows me missed me . Well where to start where to start…well I’m finally in a new house 10 minutes from my old one.  Read More »

Why is it that domestic violence is more accepted than other forms of assault and battery? I live in Connecticut, and, if I am not mistaken, the repercussions here for domestic violence are much less than those imposed for assault and battery.  Read More »

I was most intrigued by a concept I stumbled upon in a blog on this site, the concept of spiritual DNA. I googled it a bit to try to get an idea about what it is, and it reminded me of another idea that I’ve heard before, something else that fascinates me – the idea of cellular memory.  Read More »

I had a very difficult conversation with a client on Monday. For the first time, she indicated to me a desire to part with her boyfriend, who is also in our program for homeless addicts. She feels threatened, however, not only because he has hit her in the past and, she feels, will do so again. She feels cornered because she doesn’t feel like she can report the abuse.  Read More »

To this day it is still difficult for me to talk about this. As my family, many innocent children, other police officers, and friends have been stained by one man's actions. This man was my husband, my children's father, a co-worker, a brother, a son, a friend, as well as a police officer. Sworn to protect and to serve a community.  Read More »

I compare life to a book you have new chapters and old chapters. Some chapters are good and others aren’t so good. I have just emerged from an old chapter that was bad and have decided to open up the book to a new much better chapter. I am happy to say I am out of my verbally and physically abusive relationship of 4 years.  Read More »

Home is where the heart is, or so they say. But what if your heart is stuck wandering around, lost, with no sense of direction?  Read More »