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Unlikely sisterhood - Marital/spousal/partner sexual assault

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In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Late last night, or I should say, early this morning - I found myself wandering the net in search of a story to highlight in honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I could highlight my own story, but since I've been there and done that so much, I wanted to show other examples of marital/spousal sexual assault. A crime that affects many but also one that is rarely discussed or ever really considered a crime. I found a link to a rather recent news story out of San Diego. It was on the sentencing of Shawn Harris who had just been convicted of such a crime against his estranged wife, Crystal. Within seconds of reading the background into the crime, I felt as if I couldn't breathe...I couldn't believe what was before my eyes. Her story, was so very much like my story, it was eerie. They too had a long term marriage... They too had two young sons, and the children were home when the crime too

Justice for Nevaeh

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It was almost two years ago our nation watched the news unfold before our eyes. A story that held many of our attention, the one about a beautiful little 5 yr old girl who turned up missing from playing outside of her apartment building. A child with bright large eyes filled with hope and an innocent smile that was contagious. I can remember the reports that were being constantly updated from the moment the first Amber Alert went on on May 24, 2009. I, like so many, prayed to God, that this child would be found safe and alive. Almost immediately disturbing reports started surfacing about people known to the mother - sex offenders. They of course became the focus of the investigation, and news reports. The community of  Monroe, Michigan came together and not only helped in the search for the innocent child, but held vigil after vigil...all while clinging onto their own children tighter than ever before. Then, after so many days of prayers and hope trying to stay alive, came the

The whispering storm

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We all do it - there's not one of us who can claim we don't - whisper..... whisper.....whisper Some of us whisper about the people we know....we like...and some of us whisper about the people we wish we knew....and then some of us whisper about the people we wish would just disappear out of our lives.... But, no matter what is contained in that whisper..... We do it, all of us. One of the reasons I started this blog, is because of the storm ...actually the aftermath of a storm in which whispers created. I decided two years ago that not only would I try to regain the control I needed in my own life,  but also combat something that invaded my life at the time.....everyone thought they knew - thought they knew all they needed to about me, what happened, and why now I was a single mom raising these boys on my own. They also thought they knew all that happened and led up to my ex husband who now sits in prison for a crime he committed - And how did they think they kn