http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog The voices of violence... Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:46:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People still ask why didn't you leave, or just get a divorce.  You'd think more than 25 years later that they'd realize or even get that doing either would NOT have stopped a lifetime of abuse. Funny how it's easier to blame the victim, than to offer help. One must ask themselves ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/whats-a-survivor/ Evil is the father of destruction and unfathomable pain. Evil will plant the seed of immorality, and his son will keep it nourished. Evil is the beast more horrendous than the name itself or what it could represent. Evil is the ever-present shadow that blocks the sun. Evil thrives on what his son will ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/evil-is/ Sin by Silence is already inspiring many!  Yet, when Douglas Seaton stumbled upon our site he left with a conviction to do something! Douglas writes... "Jean August Dominique Ingres painted The Valpincon Bather in 1808.  200 years later, it remains a totemic work… As a painter, it is a challenge… an image only ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/sbs-news/sin-by-silence-inspires-artist/ "In violence we forget who we are."  ~  Mary McCarthy Never forget that you are a woman of worth!  A woman that deserves respect!  A woman that needs love! http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/never-forget/ I was at one point under a circumstance that cost me a lot. Today I cannot say I am complete because I am missing two wonderful beings that I miss so much and that I won't be able to see again. If you have a situation where you can not get ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/14/ The Vanguard 5k Rock-a-thon is coming to Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, November 17 at 9:30 a.m. This event is designed to motivate the VU community to help create awareness about the domestic violence crisis. This year, proceeds from the 5k will go towards victims of domestic violence ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/sbs-news/vanguard-5k-benefits-charities/ I told my self I will try harder this time. This time would be different. This time things will change. I was wrong! I want to stop. Stop everything. Stop beating my self up for a while. Sadly, time slips by. Too many fights, ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/12/ Being woken up by a couple yelling at each other in an apartment building isn't something new. But, it was 3am and the way this woman kept crying and saying "stop" wouldn't let me go back to sleep. For, over 30 minutes, I laid there listening and debating ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/should-i-call-911/ I was 6 years old the first time I saw my mother being abused. My father was screaming at her, calling her names, telling her how she was a nothing woman who was lucky to have him. Even at that young age, I knew that what I was seeing was ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/childhood-lost/ Once upon a time there was a man whose presence evoked a fear in me that made me question who I was. Few know this part of my life, I am seen as a strong, opinionated woman and yet I was emotionally abused. When you are abused ... http://www.sinbysilence.com/blog/voices/unseen-scars/