What a beautiful journey this has been!!!
Friends, I am very excited about the upcoming year with all I’ve been trying to put together. The dreams of truly being able to provide some healing, coping, understanding, and other organization/advocate strategies is finally coming to reality!!! This is a huge step forward as I’m one of those many survivors whose greatest challenge is believing in myself.
More importantly is those who have stood with me, empowered me, believed in the voice hiding within.
First to thank one of the kindest souls I’ve had the pleasure of building a sincere friendship, Mr. Peter Thomas Senese. As many of you know, he is a highly dedicated advocate for the protection of all children, more focused on International Parental Abduction. He is the Founder of I CARE Foundation. This foundation has recently brought a huge heightened awareness concerning this growing epidemic. Because of the hard work this foundation has put forth, our law makers are putting forth their efforts to close the loopholes in our system, which have played a role in this continued escalation of abductions. Mr. Senese is also a Best Selling Geo-Political Author!!! If you haven’t read his great thrillers, which open the door to the intensity of our imaginations, then in my opinion you are missing out on some really great stuff. It is the holiday season, and as a friend and great supporter of Peter and the I CARE Foundation; I’d like to encourage you to check out his books. He uses the profits from ‘Chasing the Cyclone’ to provide funding for the foundation and is putting their focus on not only rescues of children, but also changing the laws to prevent and hopefully end the continued increase of this crime.
It is an abusive action towards a child to abduct them, simply steal them away; hiding them from any contact with what has been their security and their world!!! Imagine if you will, the impact this would have on a young child. Do you have a 5 or 10 year old child who depends on his/her world to be safe, happy, loving? Imagine if suddenly they were stolen away from all of this; how would this impact their young developing minds and emotions? So, to me this man has developed incredible measures of success against this abuse; perhaps you will check out his books and support a great cause, while sending out a fabulous gift!!! You will see the full interview I did with Peter, which was then published in the Examiner, by following this link, http://www.butterflydreamsabuserecovery.com/parentalabduction
‘Peter, thank you for the fabulous gift of your support; hearing my voice and empowering me to use it in the best way possible for others. You have been a true blessing in my life’.
The next person who has been such a huge influence on my world is the amazing friendship built with Michal Madison. If you don’t know her then I encourage you to please check out her work. This beautiful creation of a person, uses her fabulous gift to allow the world to see the inner scars of abuse in her masterful creation of Watercolor Art!!! Like me Michal lived in a world filled with extreme abuses from both parents. Her world was darkened by the acts of those who should have made her world shine, allowing her shining spirit to glow in all its beauty. Michal Madison, Watercolor Artist; has created some of the most beautiful works of art through the eyes of this darkness. She has given to me the bond of friendship, the shoulder to cry on, the supporter of dreams. Michal’s art is also another great source of beautiful gifts to those you love. Her work is not just from the darkness within, but also the that great magic and laughing spirit of all children. Hopefully, you will view some of her excellent talent and see how you can help provide rescue and resources to children who’ve been harmed. Michal supports the efforts of Childhelp.org and other great advocacy programs.
‘Forever thankful my friend, Here’s to the future of Butterfly Dreams’!!
This is also the time I’d like to thank more of those who’ve made a huge impact on what I’m moving forward with building in 2013; Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, Stacy Ascencio-Sutphen, Tammy Fox, Susan Murpy-Milano, Anny Jacoby, Debra Mize, Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois, Ms. Linda Walcher, Dr. Benda Joyce Orozco Markert-Green, Mr. Bill Murray, Jan Frayne, Janice Hendricks, Annie O’Sullivan, Nell Cole, Brett Scudder, Sherna Alexander, Viga Boland, Mary E. Graziano, Michael Skinner, and many other thousands of voices that have reached out in a simple comment, post, re-tweet, share of any of my information with others. All of you have been an influence on where I am today and where I look forward to going in the future.
‘A very sincere thank you to all of you who have connected in some way. You have all made a difference; influenced my life to move forward in some way. For that you have empowered this dream to become a reality. Thank you’!!
So it is with great pleasure I can say that I’ve made it, I’m where I am supposed to be. There is a purpose for all that has been, the bad has been turned into good, which has created the light leading me onward. I hope all of you will continue to walk with me so that the children of tomorrow will believe; we have put forth our greatest fighting forces to change their world and give them something better.
It’s been shared in many reviews that ‘My Justice’ has impacted the lives of all who’ve read it. They’ve been inspired to speak up, seek help, get involved. They’ve had their emotions and moral values challenged and outraged. They’ve felt in their hearts the need to become fierce protectors; watchers for children with an intense vigilance. They have seen and felt the inner depths of a silent child, woman, survivor who has spent her life waiting for someone to see into her world.
Butterfly Dreams Abuse Recovery is here to reach out and provide a support system, understanding, awareness, information, and other healing resources for anyone who has been touched by the acts of Relationship Violence, Child Abuse, Parental Abduction; even for those who suffer the added trauma of the emotional wounds from family abandonment and the many lasting effects of abuse and/or violence. We are building a new family with those who are much like ourselves in some way. We are becoming a new nation, a new generation creating a stand against the acts passed down through centuries of mankind’s existence.
I believe we all have faith in a greater power, which has influenced our lives. It is my belief that Greater Power, Creator Above; will bring those good graces to touch this new adventure; allowing me to change the impact of these horrific acts and the cycle that has touched the world of my own family. I also believe in ‘word of mouth support’ for any service or item you have to share with others. It is my faith in this that gives hope to my ability, to have ‘My Justice’ shared across the globe along with Butterfly Dreams to provide all with a grasp of hope in their world.
Here’s to the strength of our bonds and the best for our futures!!!
Believe in the magic of your dreams and allow your wings to carry you onward.
Sincerely,
Advocate/Author/Speaker/Talk Radio Producer & Host/Survivor
Founder: Butterfly Dreams Abuse Recovery
Founder: Survivors World online support group
Creator: Generation No More
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