The Town Clock: Its time!

It's time!  It's time to share your secrets because keeping
them is in the best interest of the abuser and not the survivor!

I love the town clock at the end of the main street in our town.
It is frequently a gathering place for peoples who stand for a cause.

If "mothers of survivors" were to stand united under the town clock,
I am afraid I'd be the only one standing there...
and that's confusing because if 1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 6 boys
are molested we moms would over-flow
into the streets and really sport a message.


Where are all of you?
Will you please call the Survivor's Healing Center ( #831-423-7601) ?
Tell them you would like to be in a group with other mothers?

I need you!

Nicknames:

A man who came to the clinic frequently for lab
work called me "string bean" but that was like 100 years ago!

Do you have a nickname?
Does it say a lot about your character?
Are you proud of it?
Has it followed you into adulthood?
Do your friends and children have them?
Were you called names in school?
What kind of label follows you?
Do you have a secret?
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What's the story on the creepy guy in the picture?
Tell me what you think.
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A man went into a small town and asked each person he met to tell him something
they had never told anyone else and they did...yes, he wrote a book.
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 Please take a minute and answer the poll
I do not know who answers these so it's still  anonymous 

 

A Reflection: The Old Neighborhood

 
  Sometimes when I cannot sleep my mind wanders back to my childhood street where the trees bent and stretched like an umbrella capturing the perfume of the freshly mowed lawns. Chalky hopscotch numbers covered the sidewalk. We raced around the corner on our roller skates followed by barking dogs. Mom called our names in her loudest voice. When we pretended not to hear...she did it again. So we had to stop playing and go home to eat our supper. We sat down together at a table with prayers. Sitting down to eat together is very important!
  Do you know what's happening in your neighborhood?
Do you watch out for one another. Do you SEE what is happening or don't you look. Children need protection...all of them.
                                                                              
                                       

Mothers: Stop, Look, and Listen

                                         Emalou King

Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death.      

                                               -E.C. McKenzie

         First believe what your children tell you...or try to tell you.  If they are only hinting at something or sound confused then ask more questions. Mothers, please STOP for a second and LOOK at their eyes and face like you did when they were newborns, remember?  And be still. LISTEN.Give them time to find the words to tell you. Your children need your full presence. 

Talking Prompt: Stop the Secrets

                                  Tell someone you trust...