Violence can be physical- such as kicking, choking, stabbing, mutilation, disabling, murder.
Violence can be sexual- such as rape, any unwanted touching or act of sexual nature, forced prostitution.
Violence can be verbal/psychological- such as threats to harm the children, destruction of favourite clothes or photographs, repeated insults meant to demean and erode self-esteem, forced isolation from friends and relatives, threats of further violence or deportation if the woman attempts to leave.
Violence can be stalking- such as persistant and unwanted attention, following and spying, monitoring of mail or conversations.
Violence can be financial- such as taking away a woman's wages or other income, limiting or forbidding access to the family income.
Violence can be other forms of control and abuse of power.
About me: Through the Rain was created in the hopes of starting a safe place for survivors of relationship violence to begin or continue to heal together. While we welcome all survivors of any type of abuse here, survivors of relationship violence will find this forum more accomadating.
We are a small group of people who decided to try to make as much a difference as we could in the lives of survivors. We have been lucky enough to recieve support through an online message-board that is much larger then this one and that offers support to all survivors of sexual violence. We highly encourage you to visit Pandora's Aquarium. In being members there, we realized that the best type of support as a survivor is support from a survivor.
We are intent on maintaining a small board that offers very personalized support for it's members.
Healing from violence within a relationship often leaves you feeling incredibly hurt, alone and isolated. You may feel as though it's your fault because you chose to be in a relationship with the person who hurt you, but it's not. We hope to start healthy discussions centred around healing from abuse and we hope to create a safe, welcoming and warm environment for people to be a part of.
Men and women are welcome here. We recognize that not only women are survivors of violence within relationships. We welcome everyone. However, at this time, we are currently not permitting secondary survivors to register as members. Again, we hope to maintain a small, comfortable and specific type of board. If you are a secondary survivor, we highly reccommend the new messageboard created for supporters, Herodes Cave Springboard.
We hope that you will find solace in being here.
'And the Rain Brings Life'
Visit our Message Boards Here:
http://www.through-the-rain.org
To contact TTR non-electronically:
Through The Rain
PO Box 1131
Southgate, MI
48195 USA
Who I'd like to meet: Survivors, Secondary Survivors, and those who wish to end Domestic Violence/Relationship Abuse
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. Faith Baldwin
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. Faith Baldwin
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
I know that I don't get the chance to leave comments as much as I would like to but I just wanted to say thanks for always being there and for being a wonderful friend. It is friends like you who pull me through those hard times and give me the strength to keep going. You inspire, motivate, and encourage me to keep on fighting with all the support you show. I am very glad that you are in my life and just know that you will always hold a special place in my heart. I consider myself very blessed to have such a great friend like you that is there beside me in life's journey. Just knowing that I have friends there who believe in me and what I'm doing and who have faith in me makes it easier to get through those storms in life. So thank you for being there.
Stopping in to say hello!!! Hope this comment finds you well. I'm so glad there are beautiful, courageous young people like you. You are what makes the world go round, and make this life bearable. Take care, **Michelle** www. xlibris. com/ForeverFaithful. html
This morning when God opened a window to Heaven, He saw me, and He asked: "My child, what is your greatest wish for today?" I responded: "Please, take care of the person who is reading this message, their family and their special friends. They deserve it and I love them very much" The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginning, but not its end. This message works on the day you receive it. Let us see if it is true. ANGELS EXIST but sometimes, since they don't all have wings, we call them TRUE FRIENDS. Pass this on to your true friends. Something good will happen to you at 11:11 in the evening; something that you have been waiting to hear. Do not break this prayer; send it to a minimum of 11 people. Including me""""
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When God shakes us to wake us, we often find ourselves surrounded by the unfamiliar and unfriendly. God wakes us up from the secure by pushing us out of our comfort zone. By comfort zone I am referring to all that is familiar, expected, constant and under our own control.
We are comfortable when what we expect happens. We enjoy being understood and supported by those around us. We prefer to have a constant source of financial provision. But when we get all this comfort and support, we are easily lulled into a false sense of security.
The Lord is like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. (Deut. 32:11)
This is how young eagles get their flight training. They are born into a very comfortable and safe nest, padded and insulated with down from their mother. Meals are flown in fresh daily. But the day comes when their very survival is threatened if they stay in this place of comfort. So the mother eagle makes the welcoming and safe nest uncomfortable and unwelcome. The mother eagle grabs the nest with her talons and flaps her wings up and down, blowing all the nice, comfortable padding out of the nest. She tears up what she has so carefully provided. Then she takes each baby eagle and carries it outside the nest into the wind. This is where your eagles learn to fly.
You can't try your wings if you're sitting in the nest.
