tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post108518232532544898..comments2023-12-28T01:20:16.234-06:00Comments on Empowering Girls: So Sioux Me: Battered Women, Time To LeaveTracee Sioux, Sioux Ink: Soul Purpose Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511311972798310564noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-53356064227636080392007-06-04T14:00:00.000-05:002007-06-04T14:00:00.000-05:00Kailani,I'm so glad you left. I hope your signific...Kailani,<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad you left. I hope your significan other "picker" has improved. I know mine has. It's insane to think that when someone you love tells you over and over that you are no good, it's so easy to believe them and so difficult to tell yourself they are wrong. <BR/><BR/>So glad your inner self won that battle. <BR/><BR/>TraceeTracee Sioux, Sioux Ink: Soul Purpose Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511311972798310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-27534098429929098152007-06-04T13:57:00.000-05:002007-06-04T13:57:00.000-05:00I was once in an abusive relationship when I was s...I was once in an abusive relationship when I was single. Unfortunately, I stayed with him for 2 years. He had me convinced that I didn't deserve any better. I finally decided to get some self-worth and leave. He ended up taking my cat and putting him to sleep. Psycho!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thank you for sharing this with the Carnival of Family Life. Glad you could join us this week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-74418189274691957262007-05-25T08:54:00.000-05:002007-05-25T08:54:00.000-05:00Pamm,Denial is insideous and difficult to swim you...Pamm,<BR/><BR/>Denial is insideous and difficult to swim your way out of. <BR/><BR/>It's a bizarro trick our brains play on us to protect us from our own reality. Having experienced a lot of denial myself, I think it's our way of storing up energy until we have enough of it to take action. <BR/><BR/>Our brain knows that we aren't strong enough to take appropriate action so it blesses us and curses us with "forgetfullness" or denial of reality. If you are not strong enough to leave then it would be cruel to make us face our reality dead on every day. So, our brains create the fiction of a normal life until we are ready. <BR/><BR/>TraceeTracee Sioux, Sioux Ink: Soul Purpose Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511311972798310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-9903234444141922252007-05-25T08:51:00.000-05:002007-05-25T08:51:00.000-05:00Rebecca, It was both depressing and empowering. Em...Rebecca, <BR/><BR/>It was both depressing and empowering. Empowering because as Oprah said, our Grandmothers had no resources if they were abused and now there is a ton of help for women. It wasn't even against the law in my grandmother's day. Nor, could a woman really support her self and kids if she left. <BR/><BR/>Thank God there is help out there for women now. And even more Thank God women can walk away and get jobs to take care of themselves. <BR/><BR/>TraceeTracee Sioux, Sioux Ink: Soul Purpose Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511311972798310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-6607154546406138602007-05-25T08:49:00.000-05:002007-05-25T08:49:00.000-05:00Thanks Janet, I actually said a prayer that all wh...Thanks Janet, I actually said a prayer that all who need to read it will. TraceeTracee Sioux, Sioux Ink: Soul Purpose Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511311972798310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-12726901528337379322007-05-24T23:40:00.000-05:002007-05-24T23:40:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you left the situation and never looke...I'm so glad you left the situation and never looked back, took care of yourself. I know that people get so foggy in relationships. It's easy to let things go, women get confused, the days turn into weeks and months.<BR/><BR/>My best friend was terribly abused but had the strength to leave the father of her four kids and take them to safety. But it took her awhile to leave as she would literally forget what had happened, not understanding how her arm got broken, her eye bruised.<BR/><BR/>These women live in fear the likes of what most of us cannot fathom.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reaching out to them. Blessings!Pammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477802300642722133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-18238290725494962252007-05-24T17:46:00.000-05:002007-05-24T17:46:00.000-05:00I agree. I deleted that Oprah b/c I thought it wo...I agree. I deleted that Oprah b/c I thought it would be too depressing. But I'm certainly glad you did and posted this message!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991827752346731667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066901051112310981.post-38881806052646221992007-05-24T09:02:00.000-05:002007-05-24T09:02:00.000-05:00I'm glad you were watching Oprah, and thanks for s...I'm glad you were watching Oprah, and thanks for sharing this important message. I hope many people read your blog today. <BR/><BR/>JanetJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862696711083860149noreply@blogger.com