CELEBRATION!!!!
Today I am celebrating a milestone on this journey of reaching out to others here on "Deborah's Freedom" - even though I started out "in the dark". I got help from someone to get this page set up - but somewhere in the middle of my vision - God began to change the direction of my goals. What I had in mind for "Deborah's Freedom" was not what God had in mind for me. Over the past few months, I have heard a different voice from God and different directives from many of you so my idea has been turned over to God and allowing Him to direct my steps has been amazing!!
Someone I love and respect told me to reach out - using my pain and my subsequent recovery as a catalyst to help in the healing process of others. This sounded like a novel idea BUT my pride would be on display as NO ONE even knew I hid such a terrible secret. Yep, I am a survivor of domestic abuse. Holding the details of the pain inside was one thing - but to tell someone was foreign to me. This strong and intelligent woman met her "counterfeit" man - lost herself in a love that was not genuine and suffered for it. I later learned that looking at life through rose colored glasses prevents you from seeing the red flags. I learned to wave the "white flag" as I surrendered everything I owned, left everyone I knew and moved 12 hours away from everything familiar to me and entered the nurturing life as a single-mom.
To say I understand every facet of domestic abuse would be wrong. I am NOT a poster child for recovery but I do know the darkest side of before, during and after being served the sentence of a life I wanted to forget. ... ask me how I know.
"Deborah's Freedom" became an outlet and a catalyst for me to reach out to others. Funny thing is, through emails, inbox messages, comments and scheduled FaceBook chats YOU all have changed my focus tremendously. I am who I say I am - but the common thread I have discovered is that pain does not have a title. So many of you have expressed yourselves to eloquently and I pray for all of you diligently. From the moment of emotional impact for some to the hard road to recovery, I "feel you".
I am hereby celebrating TWO THOUSAND LIKES on Facebook and my Instagram page is "blowing up". I only seek to share posts that "speak to me" first. I am learning the audience of "Deborah's Freedom" daily and I am also learning myself. The more I give "myself" away, the better I feel. I NOW know that "it all happened to me for a reason".
To this end, thank you for visiting, following or giving a "like" to "Deborah's Freedom". "Deborah's Freedom" started with 17 strong members/followers and today, we celebrate all 2000 of you. There is power in numbers and you all make me proud that you trust me to give a part of myself away to YOU.
EVERYONE wants to feel loved and appreciated - you came to the right place. I will not judge you because of what you have been through because ALL OF US have been through "something" - are going through "something" - know someone who has been in "something" - the best things is for us to support each other - but by the Grace of God - it could be you. ... ask me how I know.
My daily prayer is that you find encouragement, hope and even some humor by visiting "Deborah's Freedom". I want you to "THINK" about living beyond where you are now. A beautiful future awaits you. .... ask me how I know.
Blessings to you!!
Someone I love and respect told me to reach out - using my pain and my subsequent recovery as a catalyst to help in the healing process of others. This sounded like a novel idea BUT my pride would be on display as NO ONE even knew I hid such a terrible secret. Yep, I am a survivor of domestic abuse. Holding the details of the pain inside was one thing - but to tell someone was foreign to me. This strong and intelligent woman met her "counterfeit" man - lost herself in a love that was not genuine and suffered for it. I later learned that looking at life through rose colored glasses prevents you from seeing the red flags. I learned to wave the "white flag" as I surrendered everything I owned, left everyone I knew and moved 12 hours away from everything familiar to me and entered the nurturing life as a single-mom.
To say I understand every facet of domestic abuse would be wrong. I am NOT a poster child for recovery but I do know the darkest side of before, during and after being served the sentence of a life I wanted to forget. ... ask me how I know.
"Deborah's Freedom" became an outlet and a catalyst for me to reach out to others. Funny thing is, through emails, inbox messages, comments and scheduled FaceBook chats YOU all have changed my focus tremendously. I am who I say I am - but the common thread I have discovered is that pain does not have a title. So many of you have expressed yourselves to eloquently and I pray for all of you diligently. From the moment of emotional impact for some to the hard road to recovery, I "feel you".
I am hereby celebrating TWO THOUSAND LIKES on Facebook and my Instagram page is "blowing up". I only seek to share posts that "speak to me" first. I am learning the audience of "Deborah's Freedom" daily and I am also learning myself. The more I give "myself" away, the better I feel. I NOW know that "it all happened to me for a reason".
To this end, thank you for visiting, following or giving a "like" to "Deborah's Freedom". "Deborah's Freedom" started with 17 strong members/followers and today, we celebrate all 2000 of you. There is power in numbers and you all make me proud that you trust me to give a part of myself away to YOU.
EVERYONE wants to feel loved and appreciated - you came to the right place. I will not judge you because of what you have been through because ALL OF US have been through "something" - are going through "something" - know someone who has been in "something" - the best things is for us to support each other - but by the Grace of God - it could be you. ... ask me how I know.
My daily prayer is that you find encouragement, hope and even some humor by visiting "Deborah's Freedom". I want you to "THINK" about living beyond where you are now. A beautiful future awaits you. .... ask me how I know.
Blessings to you!!
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