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Still I Fight!
Isn’t it ironic that the only pictures I had in my possession as a CHILD happens to be school pictures taken at ages 5 when I was first sexually abused and ages 11 when I was first raped by my grandmother’s husband. I look at these pictures and anger sometimes surfaces, I see a CHILD,… Read more
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Family in Ruins…
I NEVER thought in a million years that victims that were sexually abused as children that have lived with guilt and shame FINALLY having the courage to speak about their ordeal could ever result in something this nasty! I’ve heard and read of families being at odds with each other but to the levels that… Read more
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Dearest Grandma…
For years I was asked not to speak about being raped by my maternal grandmothers husband for the sake of protecting my grandmother. Her daughters had grown up with this fear that her husband would have killed her had THEY spoken out about him raping THEM. So, when grandma’s husband turned his gaze upon me… Read more
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Update 2
Thank You’s, Upcoming Video & Masked 😘 Thank you for your donations. 😘😘 Upcoming release of Grandma Awaken from your Slumber Video… 😘😘😘 Journey2Free launches Masked. A series for survivors of child sexual abuse to share their stories while wearing a disguise all in hopes of starting the healing process through speaking. More to come. Stay… Read more
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Becoming an Optimist…
It matters not how ideal our life may seem to others, or how we pretend all is well, we all encounter those days where nothing, and I mean nothing seem to go right, how do you cope? I am learning day by day to just be! To be present, to be still, and to accept… Read more
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SETBACKS…
Consistency have always been a major issue for me, I struggle in this area not because I’m lackadaisical or lazy (though sometimes I am), but simply because my life have been a series of leaps and bounds and setbacks. This isn’t mental (though in some cases it is) this is simply because there’s a major… Read more
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FICKLED
Until you CHANGE your thinking, you will always recycle your experiences. (anonymous) On the days you feel most alone, those days you’re surrounded by many yet entrapped within the walls of your solitary existence are the days the repetitive acts of betrayal resurfaces forcing withdraw and isolation. Those days when emotions run wild, feeling, believing,… Read more
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DON’T SPEAK!
Each time I hear the question asked “why can’t you just get over it!” I cringe, yes my stomach churns, these three words ‘get over it!‘ triggers a less than pleasant response. I’ve garnered support and established new friendships with a few ladies I will respectably refer to as ‘age-ables’, and though our chance meetings… Read more
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Pained
“A life lived in constant pain, suppressing hurts and misinterpreted shame is no life lived at all!” (LHR) I hurt for you! I cry for you! My heart breaks and bleeds for you! I wonder, how many people have died taking with them secrets that drove them to an early grave? Secrets that… Read more
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My First Born… I prayed…
OH I PRAYED FOR YOU! At a point where I was lost and loosing hope, I prayed for you, I needed an anchor, something secure to hold on to, unbeknownst to many, preparing mentally to bid the world adieu but God knowing my thoughts, foreseeing intent granted my hearts desire, He… Read more
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Grateful…
When you just have to drop an impromptu testimony… God I’m so grateful… I have journeyed a far way… Thankful… Journey with me… Reassign The Shame… Speak. https://www.facebook.com/Journey2Free/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/110088415741561503460/110088415741561503460 Tweets by Journey2Free https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy/ Read more
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I STILL STRUGGLE…
“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” – Joyce Meyer Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Self-Esteem as having respect for yourself and your abilities. The definition of Respect – a feeling of admiring someone or something that is good, valuable, important etc, or feeling or… Read more
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SPEAK!!!
I wonder who thought it was a good idea to force a CHILD into covering the fact they’re being sexually abused?!! How could anyone think a CHILD harboring such a secret, carrying that pain and worst the shame of an adult breeching trust barriers would result in a CHILD being unscathed mentally and emotionally?! I… Read more
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Protect your children!…
Parents! It’s easier to not place your child/ren in compromising and uncomfortable situations than it is to have to ask if something happened or someone touched them inappropriately! Be advised: It matters not how (us) parents believe we have a bond, great speaking relationship or that our children shares or tells us everything. The fragile,… Read more
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Just Be…
Do ‘NOT‘ confuse Empathy with Experience, Understanding or Knowing… Saying, “I can only image what you’re going through” is far different from saying “I KNOW what you’re going through”. There’s a major difference between the two… If it wasn’t your experience then NO, you don’t know what the person is experiencing and even so the… Read more
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The Silence That Kills
I could not have said this any better or agree more therefore I MUST repost! A PERFECT follow up to an earlier post I made. If only we could make the majority understand the damning effects of silencing a child that have been sexually abused. Parents! Families! Support the child/children begin the process of healing… Read more
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I Wonder…
‘My father died not knowing his daughters were sexually abused as children’. I often wonder, had my dad known I/we were sexually violated, how different would my/our life’s be? Dad passed on April 2, 2017, and I’m unsure as to why I’ve been plagued with all these ‘I wonder’ questions since. It pains me to my… Read more
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Parents please…
Silencing a child that have been sexually abused does significant harm that is sometimes irreversible… 1. It reeks havoc on the child’s self-esteem 2. It forces the child to be introverted 3. It causes the child to second guess there own thoughts, voice, instincts, feelings, emotions and judgement. 4. It teaches the child that their… Read more
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Growing Pains…
When your circle begins to shrink it’s not necessarily a bad thing; A shrinking or shrunken circle can signify growth… The weeding process for me began a few years ago and it amazes me to see some of who and what I had to release, the funny thing is, while my circle decreases clarity and… Read more
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Court Day 8: Frustration Sets In…
Almost there… Personally counting down the days for the court saga to be through so much has happened since then. So much to share but travel, crappy wifi and multiple projects along with being a mother have me a bit swamped but I’m still here… Read more
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Interrupt The Pattern…
So many of us were born into dysfunction, so many of us still live, breath and accept dysfunction as the norm unfortunately not being able to recognize or even call it out its name. So many of us inflicted, deeply scared mentally, emotionally some physically, by hurts that were not even ours to begin with,… Read more
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Intervene…
Sexually abused children who aren’t believed or don’t receive help are more likely to have long-term problems with: *Trusting themselves and others *Self-confidence (due to unresolved guilt/shame) *Mild to serious mental health problems *Romantic/sexual relationships as an adolescent and adult *Increased vulnerability to future social trauma… Yet so many are still of the belief that… Read more
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Dearest Grandma… Trailer
Dearest Grandma, Awaken from your Slumber! (Prelude) Let it begin… Too many hurting! On this journey… Read more
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In the midst of life there is death…
Postings to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4zuyxOC9foTd_Si_9AISZw will resume shortly… Please feel free to subscribe, follow, comment, share… Read more


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