God’s Nurturing Words to You “I am your sovereign Lord who knows how to sustain my weary ones with a word. I will awaken you, morning by morning. I will awaken your ear to listen and heal your heart so you may receive all the nurturing comfort I long to give you.” “In ancient times […]
Continue ReadingResponse from annie’s Mother The other night as I was ministering in my gospel mission, I had an indian lady in her forties come in for the worship service. At the prayer request time she raised her hand and ask me to pray for her special needs. She said that her parents are both alcholics.And […]
Continue ReadingDear family: Welcome to my little corner of the web. By now you may have all read each and every word printed on these pages. I hope you have…but more than read them, I hope you have really heard what I’ve said…taken it in, thought about it, applied to your own life what belongs to […]
Continue ReadingThis was a response to a woman who has her child in therapy because she suspects abuse by the father, but no disclosure has yet been made. I thought it would be appropriate to add it here for other parents going through the same, or a similar, situation. –annie We are so very sorry to […]
Continue ReadingWell, here I sit, over eight weeks after beginning a life-style eating change. I was going to wait till I reached my goal weight before writing about it, but then I realized by then I may not remember the struggles I have had in changing my eating patterns. So here goes… Since I was in […]
Continue ReadingI remember back when I first entered therapy. I adamantly told my therapist and my group leader, “Do not ask me to confront my abusers because I can’t and I won’t.” Hearing a fellow survivor say she was going to confront her abuser that week filled me with indescribable terror. “I could never do it,” […]
Continue ReadingPeople used to say I had an inferiority complex. I said, “No, I am inferior.” And I meant it. Everyone else seemed more important, more worthy, more lovable, more needy than I. To me, this wasn’t a feeling, it was a fact. I remember times when I felt a need to talk to someone like […]
Continue ReadingIf one word could describe the recovery process, for me it would be GRIEF–grief over the many losses we all suffer as Survivors. For me, even the thought of grieving my losses has been frightening. I have been afraid of getting in touch with the pain I knew was deep inside. I believed that if […]
Continue ReadingMy bags were all packed and I was ready. I was running away from home. It felt kind of good to be packing and scheming on the best, most dramatic way to make my departure. I was initially going to leave before he got home… make him suffer and worry about where I was and […]
Continue ReadingThe other day, a friend of mine told me she had been in bed for the week with pneumonia. My initial thought was, “You stayed in bed with pneumonia?” My mind flashed back to several years ago when I had pneumonia for a couple of months. I was very frustrated with the doctor because he […]
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