come into my closet, come under my bed, where you'll find me hiding,
the fear in my head.

abuse in the past, now, where do i start, making my future,
healing my heart.

crushed, and broken, falling fast-
needing comfort, make it last.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

speak

i drew a picture of myself last night. it turned out pretty good. but i couldn't put a mouth on it. it was so suffocating to sit there with my pencil and my eraser and not be able to draw my mouth. then i realized that this is how i have felt for so long. saying the truth, the secrets, is going to be hard, but maybe i can do it.



my son is 14, he told me last night that bravery is something you have to do, and courage is a choice.



it made me think about myself, like when I was a child, i didn't have a choice. i just had to brave it out. but now, i can speak, i can heal, which will take courage. but it is my choice.
i have to choose it, and show that i have courage.



i am going to think about this for a while.
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Amysplash said...

i agree we can speak now we have a voice.safe hugs amy

November 20, 2008 at 10:58 AM
mile191 said...

amy, i like safe hugs (((())))
thanks.

November 20, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Amysplash said...

i lik safe huggles to hee hee and i am glad you lik my blog that makes me feel happy and i am glad i met you and found someone who reads my stuff thank yuo

November 20, 2008 at 6:17 PM

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who I was, who I am, who I plan to be...

i am trying to heal from severe childhood sexual, emotional,
physical, and mental abuse; and abandonment.

this is my story.

i have good and bad days, and some days the odds seem insurmountable.
i cling to the hope that healing will come to mend the shatter pieces of my heart, mind and body.

mile 191, well, you will understand as you read along.
mile 191, portions of my past have a link on the top right.
mile 191, bottoms up. hears to you and to me.

please, if you know me, just let me know you found me. i need honesty. (and please do not use personal names)
if you want to follow my story, please try to heal with me.
if you want to share with me, please do.
i will post bits of my pain as i can, and leave it here.
i once thought that i would publish...i haven't had the courage.

this is my closet, you are welcome to come in.
just know this is my refuge, healing takes place here,
maybe it will be a refuge to you too.

Quotes from Suvivors United - Standing Strong Together Against Abuse

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor Roosevelt

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
Helen Keller

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard, ' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Sydney Harris

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Richard L. Evans

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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