Surviving Domestic Violence - By God's Grace

I was
born and raised at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in northern
Colorado. I am now living in southern Missouri. I consider this a form
of probationary restraint as I am unable to go home, back to Colorado
right now. No, I did not break any civil laws. However, I'm on
probation here from living the life I set out to live years ago. I am
learning lessons here I refused in my stubborn self-reliance of youth.


Simply put, I'm taking this chapter in my life with a stride and a
sense of humor. Hindsight being 20/20 I thought there was much more to
me than there is. I was the ultimate savior and the most impatient
person. I could do things in life much better and faster than even God
Himself. Now, I see I am only one person who is only in control of me.
The job of Savior was long taken and done well by the only Savior given
onto this earth by it's Creator.

I have a purpose, though some
days I struggle to stick with it. I do know I have learned much in my
life's experiences. I have shared my story with many through the course
of the last few years. I pray I will continue to be of value to others
I come in contact. Even if that contact is for a brief moment, a simple
reason, a season or a life time. I have been encouraged by many
supportive friends and family members who have read my writings. By
others who have spent many hours listening to my rants and raves,
laughs and tears. I have had a positive influence on others who have
walked in similar pathways. I have been there when they reach the point
of 'rock bottom' in their own lives.

I have much to share.
Yet I too have much to continue learning and I most especially enjoy
learning and sharing together. I encourage others to join me. Those who
are on a path to find peace, serenity and happiness in their own lives
- men, women and children alike.

I have two wonderful sons who
walk beside me. One is is a recent graduate from high school senior who
happens to have a multitude of 'limitations'. Really, that is what
society thinks. He has Down Syndrome and he is the least limited
individual I know! He doesn't let these limitations stop him from
appreciating the wonder of each new day. He embraces happiness and the
beauty of life in a way that many of us can only imagine. My youngest
is a mirror of his mother. He is junior me, mini-me. I pray though,
that he has learned more at his age than I learned through the many
years it took me to get to this point in my life.

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