Learning to Love My Children After Abuse

I did not grow up feeling loved, validated or cherished by my mother. It is difficult for me to pour these words out because I desire to honor her. She died in 1998, along with my father in a car accident. I believe, with all my heart, that my mother did the very best she… Continue reading Learning to Love My Children After Abuse

A male survivor’s story — by Friend in Need from Europe

Note from Barb: Friend in Need does not speak English as his mother tongue, so I have helped him with English spelling and sentence structure. *** Many many years ago. My father-in-law started to think and say that there was an angry mob out there who wanted to chase his family, abduct or poison them.… Continue reading A male survivor’s story — by Friend in Need from Europe