I Interrupt National Romance Week For Some News…
At 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 15, 2009, Hope For Healing will be hosting their first ever Blogathon — 24 hours of blogging dedicated to raising awareness of & funds for helping victims of...
View ArticleUp & At ‘Em
I am up at 8 A.M. On a Saturday. For the blogathon. About an issue that’s very had to talk about. I sit here and try to wake up. My husband is laughing so hard at lolcats on Caturdays I fear he will...
View ArticleGot Love Boat Stories?
To celebrate National Romance Week, Princess Cruises has joined with Cruise Critic to conduct a search for real-life love stories that have taken place on the decks of Princess ships; Deanna just wants...
View ArticleWhen Funding Is Cut
In an effort to reduce spending and balance the budget, Governor Schwarzenegger eliminated the $16.3 million initiative that funds domestic violence shelters statewide. The San Francisco Domestic...
View ArticleA Kiss On The Hand May Be Quite Continental, But…
In a case of “Oh My God, why would anyone have a need to write a post like this?!” Laura recounts a recent home invasion in which the person was invited to make a repair estimate — but thinks he has...
View ArticleLess Physical Dating Violence & Greater Condom Use — Among Boys Only?
Research done at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Prevention Science in London, Canada, reveals that a course on dating violence and healthy relationships may provide benefits for...
View ArticleMaybe You’re Not Juliet
When Chelsie Hightower & Mark Kanemura Dance danced to Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love on So You Think You Can Dance (choreography by Napoleon & Tabitha D’Uma), I was mesmerized… But the lyrics...
View ArticleWhy Do They Stay?
One of the things people have difficulty understanding about domestic violence is why the victim of abuse stays with his or her abuser. There are many reasons, but a very common one is dependence. Not...
View ArticleThe Cult Of Domestic Violence
Regarding this last post & that article about Stockholm Syndrome and living in a controlling and abusive relationship… While the psychological condition in hostage situations became known as...
View ArticleHope For My Own Healing
The Hope For Healing blogathon was harder than I thought… I thought I could, by dedicating a day to the subject of domestic violence, finally be personal about my own experiences, but that was not the...
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