Beyond Survivor - The Wounded Warrior Blog

Recently I was told that I put myself "out there" too much, that I obviously wasn't over the effects of the years of abuse. Apparently I was weakening my position by sharing so much of mysel...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/06/i-will-not-go-gentle-childabuse-csa-cse.html

CLEAR LIKE WATER THE TEARS FLOW INTO A SILVER FLASK, TARNISHED BY THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE MASSES. TARNISHED BY SEEKING TO BE MORE, GAINING NO MORE THAN THE IDOLATRY OF THE MINDLESS, AND LO...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-idolatry-of-mindless-poetry.html

MOVING FORWARDS IN A BACKWARDS DIRECTION.  THAT DOESN'T REALLY SOUND VERY POSITIVE OR ENCOURAGING A START AT FIRST READ. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR A WHILE AND I SHALL I EXPLAIN.  I HAVEN'T ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/05/i-am-me-that-is-enough-mindfulness.html

No sight of any wonders of the world, no beautiful thing, not anything, could mean as much as to see your face look gently at me again, no beautiful sound could mean as much as to hear you speak...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/05/forever-beautiful-to-me-poetry.html

THE TRUTH BE HIDDEN LIKE A WAVE OF STINGING BEES a vast maw spews forth its delivery of denigration, staccato sticks and stones hurled with venomous vigour in machine gun frenzy the leaden ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-truth-i-am-glad-i-am-leaving.html

HI! I'm very proud of this blog. It has become a resource to others as well as being my place to share my experiences, introduce survivor friends to my audience and have the occasional ran...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2020/05/guest-bloggers-wanted-childabuse.html

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Hello, I haven't updated my blog properly for quite some time. There is a reason for everything. I have been struggling with events for the past 2-3 years. I am now facing something very fri...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2019/02/sometimes-silence-is-required.html

Today's guest blogger is Mr Fredy Verdin. Fredy has a blog relating his experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse at http://piscesdreamer-survivingchildabuse.blogspot.com/ Fredy is a "good" m...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2018/01/fredy-verdin-day-my-father-was-going-to.html

This is a slightly expanded version of a blog I posted a year ago. Since writing, three people have come forward with information regarding the schools listed below. Please.. If you have a...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/12/paedophile-teachers.html

WHAT IS TRAUMA? WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF TRAUMA, THEY THINK OF THINGS LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, WITNESSING OR EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, OR THE EXPERIENCES OF SOLDIERS IN COMBAT, AND THEY WOULD C...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/11/possible-signs-of-unresolved-trauma.html

This is a topic very close to my heart. I started losing loved ones when I was nine years old (My Mother). I wasn't offered any help or counselling. 10 years later I lost my father too. Again, no...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/11/grief-understanding-process-grief-loss.html

DAVID LEAN IS A PROUD AMBASSADOR FOR VOICING CSA AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TO BRING AWARENESS ON THE SUBJECT OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION.  AS A VICTIM HIMSELF, VOICING CSA (ON TWI...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/q-with-davidleanleano-purplefriday.html

On April 6, 2017, the North Carolina House of Representatives introduced an historic bill designed to reform the statute of limitations,  changing the existing law to provide survivors of c...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/north-north-carolina-sol-reform-via.html

Another gem from my very good friend May Thomson. May has helped me through some very rough times and I can safely say I would not be here today if not for her kindness and strength of charact...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/06/all-you-need-is-love-by-survivorsburg.html

What can I say about my guest blogger this week.. May Thomson is most certainly one of a kind. She has battled and overcome so very much. What makes her stand out is her humour and quick wit, ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/06/inner-child-via-survivorsburg.html

"PHOENIX WARRIORS - BEYOND THE ASHES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE" DONNA BAILEY AND JÁN L FRAYNE MET ONLINE IN THE EARLY PART OF 2012. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THEY DECIDED THERE WAS NEED FOR A B...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2017/03/phoenix-warriors-beyond-ashes-of.html

IF FOREVER IS SOMETHING that I can explain Will I trade you that knowledge when you whisper my name If confusion and desperation are things I understand Would healing come faster from the wa...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/12/if-poetry.html

Christmas is coming...... I have always loved Christmas, the build up, the sharing, time with friends and family. Almost every year as an adult I end up depressed.... It has improved over ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html

                                               A MIDNIGHT WALTZ WITH A FALLEN ANGEL AND YOUR DREAMS WILL BE FULFILLED THE STARS WILL TWINKLE WITH THE BEAT OF ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/10/midnight-waltz-halloween.html

This is a reblog from a few years ago. It's message is so important I wanted to share it again. I would like to introduce you to a shining light, a lady in every sense of the word. I feel so ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/10/you-deserve-your-own-love-by-patricia.html

Over the 5-6 years that I have been blogging I have seen, heard and read many shocking cases of abuse. What I think stuns me the most is those cases where the perpetrator is caught but the event...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/08/childhood-sexual-abuse-in-british.html

Here I am again, alone under the pensive moonlight painting the leaves with silent songs of sadness. The rainbow of my moods, crushed, to a single dreary hue. The womb of my longings, gut...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-secret-garden-of-my-fears-poetry.html

Listen the voice of my Silence My words travel without sound I met a fallen star on my way It told me I should open up and cry I told myself I don't go there anymore The moon lights the fu...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-voice-of-silence-childabuse-poetry.html

The world is crashing down Just a few days ago I was happy as a clown. I wandered this earth in the security of a love bubble Laughing away problems with the ease of a chuckle. The bubble ...

http://whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2016/06/demons-of-despair.html