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Ten a Day
I do believe all crimes against children are under-reported. I know because even the cases that get reported do not go down the wormhole of additional victims. So I have been going along with the stan… more →
Elealee's Blog
Ten a Day
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wrote 2 days ago: I do believe all crimes against children are under-reported. I know because even the cases that get … more →
One in what?!?
wrote 4 days ago: I see this statistic so often I have it memorized–one in four girls are sexually abused, one i … more →
About Pain
wrote 2 weeks ago: Most people have run across CS Lewis’ quote about pain being God’s megaphone. We are ris … more →
Michelle Knight
wrote 2 weeks ago: You have lost too much, been hurt by too many, abandoned instead of protected. I am afraid for you. … more →
Crime in Cleveland
wrote 2 weeks ago: When I think of the brutal tragedy at the heart of this Cleveland story I think of several other sto … more →
The Witness
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wrote 3 weeks ago: It is 3 flipping twenty in the morning and I have written myself out of a paper bag several times re … more →
Do I Commit Suicide Or Do I Just Go To The Zoo Instead?
wrote 3 weeks ago: She was losing her, she felt it, knew it, and was at a loss of what she could say or do to prevent i … more →
Martha Speaks, Mary Speaks
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wrote 4 weeks ago: I love the PBS show Martha Speaks. Martha is a very lovable talking dog who teaches vocabulary lesso … more →
This is you.
wrote 1 month ago: I know people would prefer I not write or talk about what happened to my family. I know because they … more →
Dearest Child
wrote 1 month ago: Dear Girl, I found out about you from another mother who, like myself, became a child advocate after … more →
An Abused Heart...Poetry by Lori King
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wrote 1 month ago: Image credit: photokitchen / 123RF Stock Photo I left that day, wounded, grieving, broken-hearted; I … more →
The Picture
wrote 1 month ago: The poster shows familiar faces–Oprah, Ashley Judd, Tori Amos. There are people in it I did no … more →
Equality! And the wrong sides of history
wrote 2 months ago: Let’s say, just hypothetically, that you arranged a legal transaction with a person who turned … more →
Punching bag fights back (poem)
wrote 2 months ago: This is completely fiction. No one was murdered, but one abuser was fought back. I thought I fell in … more →
Why domestic violence victims don't leave. [TED Video]
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wrote 2 months ago: One in three American women experiences domestic violence or stalking at some point in her life, and … more →
Hypothetical Family
wrote 2 months ago: In the fall of 2009 our family as we knew it imploded in a fierce burst of awful. This was after yea … more →
Maldives Rape 2
wrote 2 months ago: Upset? First step–google “contact Maldives” Email a few of these tourism sites and … more →
Maldives Rape
wrote 2 months ago: I remember missionaries who taught in the Maldives recounting a story about their students cheering … more →
The First Day
wrote 3 months ago: The first day was awful. Awful because it meant I failed my kids. Awful because we weren’t saf … more →
