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“You hear other women sharing these horrific stories of abuse and I look at mine and I find it difficult even saying the word. Because I knew these men, I had feelings for these men. How can I compare myself and my experiences to what others have been through, events that have truly left them scarred? Am I just playing the victim?”

Men Stories Women Abuse Victim Compare Experiences

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“A confrontation, most importantly one with ourselves, is what needs to take place in order for true awareness, change, and healing to occur.”

Change Healing Awareness Confrontation

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“Little did I realize then, I would need to steep myself in sex, immerse myself in the subject. I'd have to open my mind, return to a time when all I knew and understood was sex.”

Mind Sex Sexuality Realize Subject Immerse

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“The things that were told to me made sense to some degree. But I knew they weren't completely right either. There was something missing from their advice and assistance: Kristy...Kristy was missing. Where was Kristy in all of this? Because she certainly wasn't with me when I was making the choices that led to those moments of pain. Someone else was in control. In those moments, I didn't have my true voice. Kristy was hidden. And she was suffering.”

Pain Suffering Choices Voice Advice Missing Control

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“I was at the precipice. I knew it. So, then the issue was simply finding out where this journey was to take place. I needed a setting my main character would thrive in, a place that had a quality all its own. That's when it occurred to me, to use a painting.”

Character Quality Journey Painting Setting Place

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“There are different ways people can communicate with each other. Especially, with those that are young, those that have yet to understand or fully experience the beauty and ills of our world. There are certain dynamics bred by societal programming and biological instincts that need to be considered when helping someone of a different generation, especially when they're related to you.”

Young Family Society Communication Related Dynamics Generation Biological Instincts Societal Programming

Book:Falling Into Fire

Source: Falling Into Fire

“There's a feeling within me, begging me to confront and overcome this defeat. But then there are the louder voices creeping in from the shadows of my memory.”

Defeat Memory Feeling Confrontation Shadows Overcome Voices Confront

Book:Tales We Tell The Sky

Source: Tales We Tell The Sky