A while back there was a contest for an on line legacy which I missed. My very good friend Elizabeth Nieves wrote a post for that contest entitled My Online Legacy...Hope. For those of you who know Elizabeth she is a warm, loving, compassionate, caring, funny, beautiful person. If you don't know her please check out her blog. I assure you, you will be happy you did.
I have not known Elizabeth very long, but I do know that she is a lifelong friend. She touches so many lives everyday and keeps going. Her strength of character and faith is exhausting and I know I would never be able to compete, but I am thankful to say she is my friend.
Elizabeth has a group called AVTIVIST Rain, which if you are passionate about a cause, would be a great place for you write about it. While Activist carries a hefty title, all it really means is you have something you believe in and you want to or are doing something about it.
According to the Merriam-Webster On line Dictionary Activist is:
Main Entry: ac·tiv·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈak-ti-ˌvi-zəm\
Function: noun
Date: 1915
All of us have something we believe in and have something we care about. Being an Activist is just acting on that belief. My goal is to form a group for the families of sexually abused children. I have been doing some research and found a group in London called Mothers of Sexually Abused Children and I wonder why the US does not have a similar group.
Last month I wrote Emotionless: The Plight Of An Abused Child and tonight I want to begin to share a story with you. However, this story is a very difficult one for me to tell so it come in segments.
The child referred to in the post Emotionless: The Plight Of An Abused Child is a relative of mine. Two years ago something happened within my family that has shaken the foundation of my family. We found out a child(ren) closely related to us was(were) sexually abused. The world has not been the same for me since and It has taken 2 years to be able to talk about it with anyone.
This is the reason why I am seeking to start a group for Families of Sexually Abused Children. I want to spread the word, educate families of abused children, that while we are there to love and care for our family members, we cannot control their actions and cannot stop those that would do harm to our children. It has taken me 2 years to accept there was no way I could have known what was happening or anything I could have done. I want to spread the word that the families of abused children are also victims.
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