Sunday, 21 October 2012 The season of grief Today I feel like shit, it is nothing that anyone can do, nothing indeed that I can do, it is just one of those days when the thick unpenetrable armour that I usually wear must be in the wash! Everything around me…
It would be very easy for every survivor-focused organisation to jump on the very unpalatable and horrific bandwagon that is the Jimmy Savile/BBC et al saga to highlight their particular cause – I am sure they all will, and so will we! It is vital to use such a high…
Some people are just meant to be on the “outside”! For most of my adult life, I have been looking for a place to belong, I have always felt somewhat “homesick” although for what I couldn’t say.I always envied people who knew exactly who they were, where they came from,…
Could there BE anything worse? I am reeling today from a shock to my system! This morning’s work was to gather more research to further demonstrate the severity of brain damage to clergy sexual abuse survivors, largely to add to our workshop “Brains Bombs and Baddies “. We know a…
I was at a lecture during “Think Week ” in Oxford in February. The committee had very kindly nominated Survivors Voice Europe as their chosen charity, a great honour for us. It was even better because I was able to go to many of the talks, and the dinners, and…
A Long time ago, I went with my husband to a large art exhibition.(My husband is an artist) There were lots of artists there, many dealers and suppliers etc. One of the prominant groups was the “foot and mouth” painters, they were all doing just that, painting either with their…
Sometimes it is much easier to keep on talking about the positive side of recovery, rather than dwell on the difficulties. I try and think about the good bits most of the time, but occasionally the downside, the “defects” in me are evident, and I have to look at them.…
Wednesday 1st August The older I get, the more into recovery I get, the more I am aware of one very striking fact! That is that the ONLY way to survive with dignity and self respect is to learn the tools for SELF empowerment! Nobody is going to do…
I am ashamed that I have not written in my diary for so long, no excuses just forgetting what is important!! SO I will start today again! I am starting with a positive note, because it has galvanised me again, and energised me! The event was my daughter’s wedding, and…
Link to the damning and shocking BBC documentary of 2nd May 2012 about the cover-up, denials and lies of Cardinal Brady over the hundreds of rapes and tortures by catholic clergy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01h7m8r/This_World_The_Shame_of_the_Catholic_Church/
