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Hooded Sweatshirt & Sweatpants.
“Yup, she’s depressed and going through one of her moods!” My favorite outfit to wear – boots, hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants. I wear them when I lounge, I wear them out, I would wear them everywhere if allowed, but I know that’s not possible. ‘Comfort,’ was my response when asked or quizzed by loved ones… Read more
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Unapologetic – (repost)
These pictures represent a turning point in my life, age 5 (I was first molested) Age 11 (I was first raped… What do you see in this child’s eyes? I lost my innocence to a cousin on a bedroom floor, raped repeatedly for years by my grandmothers husband and was touched inappropriately by an uncle all… Read more
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CONVERSATION WITH ME…
I was awakened this morning by the younger me, forcibly asking me questions, while screaming Help! Help! HELP ME PLEASE! She asked, what happened to You? What happened to Me? What happened to that bright-eyed, vivacious, precocious child We use to be?! Remember how they told us We had potential? They said WE were the… Read more
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Have I Ever Loved?
“To love others you must first love yourself” Leo Buscaglia Cliches are common, I have been known to repeat a few, a good cliche used correctly can help you to drive home a point and change the direction of a conversation. Some cliche’s however, like the one highlighted above for me, just never took. I… Read more
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Consistency
The only thing I was ever consistent at was being consistently neglectful. I’ve never been consistent at anything positive, I had an issue with consistency because to be consistent meant getting results, which lead to responsibilities, which lead to dependency. I just figured if I wasn’t good at anything then no-one would have to ask… Read more
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Surviving Chaos
“But, I’ve watched you sleep on more than one occasion during the day while I was next to you, how do you explain that?” Self actualization, self discovery, self acceptance, knowing your strengths and your weaknesses requires truth, strength, optimism, undeterred determination and stick-to-itiveness to keep moving forward even when you feel like quitting. Being… Read more
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Conversations With My Sister…
In a recent candid conversation with my sister ten years my junior, we made a startling discovery. Our eyes were opened to our similarities and differences as it relates to sex and our personal preferences. We are much alike yet so different! #childsexualabuse #rape #reassigntheshame #speak Read more
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Starting A New…
I faltered by the way, but that’s okay! I am giving myself permission to start again! I haven’t written a blog post in months. I justified my actions by convincing myself that life, the demands of motherhood and the various projects I took on got in the way. Truth is, though life and work were… Read more
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2018 – Year of Challenges
2018 – The year of challenges! When you’ve spent what seems like a lifetime in a dismal place, caged mentally, pulling yourself free can be difficult and frightening, but of the utmost importance for survival. When the things you’ve prayed for starts falling into place, the feeling is euphoric, as if stars are aligning and all… Read more
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Survivors Speak… Feelings Buried Alive
On the set of Feelings Buried Alive – Female survivors speaking out about their experiences and battles after being sexually abused as children. A live discussion hosted by Mr. Leo Gilling, taped and aired internationally… #reassingntheshame #speak #journey2free Read more
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On Set… REV TALK
REV TALK…From something to nothing. Television first revolutionary and spiritually based talk show. Read more
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Update 5: Speaking Engagements…
West Indian Caribbean Speaks: Child Sexual Abuse In Our Communities 2018 Read more
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Update 4 – J2F Baby Drive 2018
Thank you to ALL the generous donors that made this undertaking possible. I could not have done this alone. The distribution team on the grounds in St. Thomas Jamaica, which includes a few members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) through the Center of Investigations of Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse (CISOCA) department, I Thank… Read more
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Update 3 – WinTV
On the set of Diversity In The Community… Promoting The Caribbean Speaks Event Read more
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Light…
Rest assured, it doesn’t matter how pure your thought, how genuine the heart, how sweet, kind and loving the act, there will ALWAYS be a few people that will judge, criticize tear you down verbally and be down right angry and even incite evil simply because they don’t understand… There is light, there is darkness… Read more
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Living…
It’s been a crazy week of emotional highs and lows but God! Mother’s Day began with one sick child which resulted in an ER visit, after bringing that child home from the hospital, two days later having to rush the other child to the ER after a school accident, while all the time fighting my… Read more
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IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!
To every SURVIVOR of child sexual abuse KNOW this… IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT!!! Being taken advantage of sexually as a child WASN’T your fault then and it WASN’T/ISN’T your fault now!! A child CANNOT! and I repeat, A child CANNOT give consent to sex!! I know we often feel as if something we did… Read more
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Revelations…
It’s amazing sometimes to discover some habits and practices we carried over into adulthood from our childhood. One such habit for me is my inability to sleep without waking at nights. Two occurrences in my childhood attributes to my being a very light sleeper today. I was a rather sound sleeper before these two incidents.… Read more
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STAND!
Stand even when the odds are against you! Stand even through the fears! Stand even when they talk about you! Stand even when they don’t agree! Stand even when it’s difficult to breath! Stand, even if you stand alone! For what’s the alternative?! I sat through all the horrors! I sat through all the pains!… Read more
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Family – Love Redefined…
When you decide to speak up about child sexual abuse, you will experience various reactions from various people. Survivors would like to believe ‘family’ will be the most supportive, but often times we experience the opposite. My experience was no different. Oprah once said “sometimes you have to divorce your family” I’m not sure who… Read more
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I/We Speak…
What about the ones that came before us?! I saw a comment earlier that really pained my heart, it was from an elderly survivor of child sexual abuse. The comment was made on Facebook on a thread of exchanges from survivors and supporters alike, but this particular comment caused me to pause for a moment.… Read more
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