Manual on How to Molest Children Is Legal

Share I ran across this story today and I can’t believe what I read.  This is a true story that was reported on ABC News’ website and I can’t remember the last time when I was as livid as I am because of the information contained in the story.  In case you didn’t want to [...]

Saudi Court May Paralyze Man As Punishment

Share When I read the headline of this story today on ABC News.com, I must say that I was rather astounded.  Then as I read the story and pondered it for awhile, I began to understand.  Here is the quote from the story that really got my attention “This is written in the Koran, an [...]

Mel Gibson: Another Domestic Abuser

Share Wherever you look in the headlines this week, everyone is reporting on the audio tapes of Mel Gibson and his tirades once again.  Much emphasis is being put on the racial and religious slurs and they definitely should receive a very clear reporting.  However, what is being lost in the messages, at least in [...]

The Residual Effects of Domestic Abuse

Share I have always believed that long after the physical scars of domestic abuse have healed, the mental scars were still ever present and would remain until such time as we could reach the point where we understood what those scars actually are and how they continue to influence our lives.  For many, the discovery [...]

Domestic Violence – Why I Stayed (LLH Talk Radio)

Share Being a victim of Domestic Violence people often ask the question “why did you stay”? I know that looking from the outside in that it is hard for others to comprehend the phenomenon of why a victim stays with their abuser. There are many factors involved. In this weeks show I will explain why [...]

Let Life Happen TALK

Share In case you didn’t catch the messages last evening, Let Life Happen TALK launched its first internet broadcast at 8:00 p.m.  It was almost as much of a surprise to me as it is to you as Kirk did not tell me about it until late Friday afternoon after he had the whole thing [...]

Happy Anniversary to Me

Share Next Friday, January 22nd, will mark the 2nd anniversary of my writing this weekly blog.  Now while to many this may not seem to be any big accomplishment, it truly is a major milestone for me.  The main reason for that is that I came to this task kicking and screaming, in my own [...]

More Stars Speak Out on Domestic Abuse

Share During the past week, Rihanna did interviews with “Good Morning America” and “20/20” about the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Chris Brown while Mariah Carey admitted that she was abused in her first marriage on the “Larry King Show”.  In addition, Chris Brown had his own interview to do for MTV [...]

The Shame of Domestic Abuse

Share I was recently reading an article about Mary Murphy, one of the judges on the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, about her experiences as a domestic abuse survivor following a 9-year marriage.  One of the recurring themes in such stories is connected to the shame that a woman or man feels when [...]

Domestic Violence Shelters Closing

Share Someone recently shared with me a story regarding the closing of a number of domestic violence shelters in California due to budget cuts.  And I was not a bit surprised to learn that services are being scaled back at various other facilities as well.  I have attached the link here for easy access to [...]

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