Wednesday, September 29, 1971:

Right at lunchtime,

 three minutes past noon to be exact,

I got my boy. 

Jimmy was 8 pounds and 3 ounces and 21"-

the largest and loudest baby in the nursery.

He was an angel: 

a baby with a head of flaxen fuzz

and big blue eyes.

 I loved him immediately.

excerpt from second edition,"Under My Roof..."

page 58.

Dreams:

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Happy Birthday to my father...RIP

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It didn't surprise me that with the release of my second edtion of "Under My Roof,"
I dreamed I was in an agressive situation
capturing 'bad' people.  In the last part of my dream,  I was naked at the mall.
Guess that's exposure.
YES...this is a a memoir.  available by
title, author or subject material.

ISBN: #978-0-9856048-3-7

PRESS RELEASE:

Emalou King, RN, BSN, Phn, of Soquel, active advocate and supporter of the Survivor's Healing Center of Santa Cruz has a second edition of her book entitled "Under My Roof: A Mother's Story of the Heinous Crime of Incest" (169 pages, Trade paperback) has been released by local publisher, Six Degrees Publishing, this week. The first edition was released as an eBook in 2010. The new second edition includes an Introduction which addresses the uptick in reported abuse cases, such as the Jerry Sandusky case, and a series of reflective question to assist the reader, groups and book clubs by opening conversations about the recognition and the signs of sexual abuse, bringing about an end to it, and beginning the healing process.

King began writing her memoir after attending writing workshops held by local best-selling author, Ellen Bass who coauthored with Laura Davis "The Courage to Heal" (reissued 2008, NY, Collins Living). Royalties from the sale of the "Under My Roof" ebook, and now the print edition, go to the Survivor's Healing Center in Santa Cruz, a program of the Family Service Agency of the Central Coast.

 "Under My Roof" will be available through bookstores and online throughout the US, Canada, EU, UK and Australia. King accepts speaking engagements and book signings in the future.

For more information contact publisher@sixdegreespublishing.com and visit emalouking.blogspot.com

What a molester looks like:

NOT LIKE THIS...

NOT LIKE THIS...

NOT LIKE THIS

The molester looks more  like the "boy next door," and the handsome father and neighbor and
distingquished looking teacher and muscled coach and pretty teacher and attractive uniformed.
This means you CANNOT tell by his/her looks.  This is the first mistake.  I took a tour of a prison
while in Nurses Training and had never seen a more collective group of beautiful faces and muscles.
Don't be fooled. Let children know about this #1 fact. Oh and he might also be a really NICE person!

Let It Rain - Law & Order SVU Preview

Gratitude:

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. 

- Melody Beattie 

Support Programs for Mother's of Survivors:

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"...It's midnight in my hell and without realizing it,

I have just destroyed all of the evidence."

Available at bookstores