Challenge Accepted to Help A Domestic Violence Shelter
"I am taking the challenge by Avon to sell AT LEAST 10 of these pretty totes by June 1st. A portion of sales goes to a DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER. The design was from a young boy living in a shelter expressing his joy of freedom.
Printed canvas with navy straps and base. Fully lined. Inner zip pocket and two slip pockets. Zip closure. Polyester. 13" L x 4" W x 10" H with 10" handle drop. Cost is $18.00. Product number is 490620.
MaryBeth.AvonRepresentative.com
MaryBeth.AvonRepresentative.com
This is a part of the reasons why this cause truly means so much to me.
Being a survivor of Domestic Violence I know just how hard it is to do just that - SURVIVE. It wasn't until a very traumatic situation happened that I could no longer hide from the world that I realized something very significant. As I stared at myself in the mirror I came to the conclusion that all the energy, perseverance, parental protection mode & all the inner strength I needed to change my life and the life of my children was already there, just waiting inside to be released from the walls I built around it.
Had I known then what took so long for me to remember. I mean Wow ! How different our lives could of been! It seems so surreal when I look back now. How in no time my independence, self worth, dignity & confidence was shattered. And the worst part is I unknowingly allowed it to happen.
Had I known then what took so long for me to remember. I mean Wow ! How different our lives could of been! It seems so surreal when I look back now. How in no time my independence, self worth, dignity & confidence was shattered. And the worst part is I unknowingly allowed it to happen.
I made the decision right then and there to take all that I was using inside myself to stay "cold", "unfeeling", "unknown", "invisible", you know, "under the radar" and use that "power" to change back to the person I finally remembered I was.
Luckily, for me and my children, that was still possible. So many abused people out there will never get that chance. So many do not survive. Or never get that little chance of freedom to really get a look inside of themselves. I had the support system available but spent so much needed energy in protection mode that I couldn't see it around me.
Was it overnight, Oh No! No Way!
It had been ingrained in me over years of abuse. And I am still recovering every single day. But now I am able to look in the mirror and smile at ME looking back. What an incredible feeling it is.
It had been ingrained in me over years of abuse. And I am still recovering every single day. But now I am able to look in the mirror and smile at ME looking back. What an incredible feeling it is.
I love being able to offer a way to help those in a dometic violence situation seeking their way out. Be it physical or emotional, domestic violence is dibilitating to all those around it.
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