April 10, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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Family secrets can destroy each person involved one recurring memory at a time.
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April 9, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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Good intentions sometimes invites disruptive thoughts. Please allow your kids permission to feel safe before you tell them it is safe.
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April 8, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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Grooming is required to gain control. #imasurvivor
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April 7, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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Until I started to feel uncomfortable….
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April 6, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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When is it a good time to share your past with your kids? My answer is when you see history beginning to repeat itself.
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April 5, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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Repeat behavior has no age limit. Sometimes the perpetrator is a child themselves.
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April 4, 2020
12:00 a.m.
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I allowed my past to keep me and my healing stagnant until I decided to change the outcome.
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April 3, 2020
18:22 p.m.
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As a survivor of child molestation I spent over twenty years trying to figure out who I was meant to be….
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March 30, 2020
9:43 p.m.
Never in a million years would I’ve ever thought the place and space I would grow up in as a child would be full of broken safety. I spent a lot of time trying to find my place in the world. I never felt like I fitted in anywhere. I was always the outsider in the group. I had a hard time making friends even before the abuse happened. I made up in my mind that I was just different instead unwanted. I just wanted to feel safe and that’s what happen when I started writing my feelings down on paper.
I wrote in the dark with tears stream down my face many nights. I allowed my journal to keep my secrets feelings of suicide and low self-esteem so I could sleep at night. I continued this practice well throughout my teenage years to cope with my abuse. I couldn’t trust anyone so I decide to trust me and the way I showed trust to myself was through my nightly writing session in the dark.
When I became an adult I transitioned into writing songs and poems to continue to strengthen this very safe place I had created for myself with the support of God’s hand on my shoulder for reassurance that things would get better just keep writing yourself those letters. It has been a pivotal part of my healing process that I continue to do each and every day. Although I have come a long, long way from when I first started this journey I still have some work to finish. I hope your safe place is still safe for you as well.
With lots of love and a big hug,
Lakell
Hey lady,
How are you feeling? I know you are probably tired of resting so much now since it’s been about a long two weeks of quarantine due to Rona but let’s not get stagnant.. okay.
I need you to complete this task to help support your healing by staying present in the moment. Here’s it is:
When you finish the task let me know by leaving a comment under the post. I want to know how you felt from start to finish in order to explain why I chose this healing tip to share with you.
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With lots of love and a big hug,
Lakell
Living as Lakell 