by Jan Porter | May 2, 2023 | Domestic Violence, Leaving
WEEK FOUR…Jan Porter Now that you realize that you are codependent and you are working not to be codependent, there is another ugly matter that pops through called Boundaries. You don’t have any! The people you have been trying to “fix” have crossed many of your...
by Anonymous Survivor | May 23, 2021 | Domestic Violence, Leaving, Popular Culture
Hi, it’s Sunshine again. It has been quite a while since my first post on Should I Stay or Should I Go? went up. I ended that post with this word: Codependence. It’s Embarrassing. And frightening and a lot of other hard, negative “ing” words. I...
by Anonymous Survivor | May 4, 2021 | Domestic Violence, Leaving
Hi, I’m Sunshine. I have struggled for a couple of decades with “Should I stay or should I go?” I was a client of Reach Out Speak Out and then I wasn’t. This is my story, which I tell in hopes that potential donors and the public at large might...
by Paul Porter | Mar 9, 2021 | Domestic Violence, Leaving
Spring and New Beginnings Spring is the time of year when we think about new beginnings. Leaves are coming back to the trees, the weather gets a little warmer, birds come back from their winter hibernating and there’s a freshness in the air. When you recognize that...
by Jan Porter | Sep 4, 2020 | Domestic Violence, Leaving
A hurricane has hit your family and home. I pray that you prepared for the dangers and devastation that hit your family. I pray that no family member lost their life because of the hurricane. When the hurricane is over we can finally get our lives back in order. The...
by Jan Porter | Aug 7, 2020 | Domestic Violence, Leaving
The hurricane of domestic violence has a pattern. Waves, wind, calmness, waves, winds, calmness, waves, wind, calmness, waves, wind, calmness, waves, wind, calmness, waves, wind, calmness!!!!!! There is another similarity between a hurricane and domestic violence. We...
