You Are My Sunshine: An Abuser’s Theme Song

There is more than one variation of You Are My Sunshine, but this one will do for our purposes here. Every time I hear this song (as I did this evening, sung by Johnny Cash - who wrote more than one very abuser friendly song by the way), it makes me cringe.  Why? Because though… Continue reading You Are My Sunshine: An Abuser’s Theme Song

Choose your own misadventure

This story is a composite of many many accounts we've heard from victims. Take a deep breath,  and select the options that best describe your case from each set of bullet points below. At first my church was okay with me disclosing the abuse to a pastor/ elder/ women's ministry leader separating for abuse divorcing… Continue reading Choose your own misadventure