Survivor Haven
March/April 2003 Issue
Welcome to Survivor Haven. This issue is larger than most and we hope you will find your visit both enjoyable (in as much as the subject matter allows) and informative.
For the poets, Survivor Haven is proud to announce the following by Susan Maree Jeavons.
April is National Poetry Appreciation Month
and the Beginning of
The 4th Annual Child Abuse & Recovery Poetry Contest-2003Contest Rules, and Submission Guidelines Will Be Posted On April 1st, 2003
Prizes So far:
1st Place-$25.00 Donated by Jackie Boyce
$25.00 Barnes and Noble Gift Certificate "Donated by Freelance Writer April Chase on behalf of all survivors of domestic violence.
Country Meadow Soap Gift Basket Donated by Michelle Pearson
Country Meadow Soap Works
Signed Copy "From Fear to Hope & Back Again" by Jose’ Acosta
2nd prize will geat a gift basket from Country Meadow Soap Works and a signed Copy "From Fear to Hope & Back Again" by Jose’ Acosta 3rd and 4th Place and Honorable Mention-Small Gift Basket- Country Meadow Soap Works
Tenna Perry, editor of Survivor Haven has been known to say "There is nothing to compare to the soaps at Country Meadow Soap Works. The way they lather, the feel of the skin afterward and the fight to keep the kids from stealing it is unbelieveable."
Hopefully, More Prizes To Be AddedSo be sure to keep an eye out at Susan's Child Abuse and Recovery column at Suite101.com.
As always, Survivor Haven's visitors are encouraged to also visit Mary Collins' adventure into the at times funny side of abuse also known as Survivor Wit.
Tenna Perry's column on child sexual abuse can be found at: http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/7793.
Thanks to a submission and suggestion by Carol Huber, this month's issue has many pieces that deal with shame.
Shame is a very real thing to survivors. Shame over the abuse itself, shame because the body may have responded during the abuse, because the abuser made the victim believe it was in someway his or her fault and a hundred or more other types of shame.
A major step in recovery for any survivor is the realization that they have nothing to feel ashamed or guilty of. That they were not at fault. It is our hope that some of the following pieces will help out those survivors still struggling with these feelings.
Readers are urged to remember the work featured at Survivor Haven is not to be copied in any form without the written permission by the author of the piece. All work at Survivor Haven is protected by copyright laws!
Since she was the catalyst for the theme, what better way to start out than with Carol Huber's story?
Carol Huber's Dark Shame took a great deal of courage to write. Both Carol and Survivor Haven wish to warn readers that this piece may be very triggering so please keep your emotional safety in mind when reading.
Joni K. McGowen's poem Little Girl Long Ago makes us all think about the child we were, what we both believed and wished for before the innocence was taken away.
Kerry Wisner's essay There Were Times It Felt Goodis another piece that may be triggering for many.
Sue Stopka hits on a common thread of thought for many incest survivors in her poem, The Boogie-Man
Sue Stopka brings another heart wrenching poem to us with A Little Girl Dreams
Hawk tells us of what deep dark thoughts can exist in our minds that no one ever realizes are there in Dark Thoughts Deep Inside
Survivor Haven is proud to announce an article by Kali Munro M.Ed., Psychotherapist. Its often taboo topic may be triggering for many who have experienced Mother Daughter Sexual Abuse
Sara McGrath speaks out on the fears survivors often have concerning their children and the people around them in My Child
Lorraine Ondera is a newcomer with a strong voice and a disturbing story in Summer Wind
Susan Maree Jeavons returns to Survivor Haven with an essay, Forgiving Ones Self- Eliminating Shame and Guilt
and two poems
Shame
Healing StepsAnother newcomer is Janelle Gregory who also has offered us a look into her poetry with Descriptives
and
InevitableBe sure to bookmark Survivor Haven when you go to Janelle's pages as they are located outside Survivor Haven.
Ima Survivor aka Tenna Perry takes a humorous look at waking up to nightmares in Wife Attempts To Strangle Husband-Story At Five
Operation Iraqi Freedom and The War Against Terrorism
Please support out troops!
We at Survivor Haven urge our readers to please show their support of the troops now fighting in Iraq. Regardless of your politics, thoughts on presidents, rallies for or against the war, the men and women serving in the coalition forces deserve both support and respect. The failure of diplomats, the egos or motives of presidents and the money spent on Operation Iraqi Freedom aren't important. What is important, are the lives of those doing the actual fighting. They aren't faceless, mindless robots marching to war. These soldiers are our sons and daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. They are our neighbors, friends and in-laws. They are our defenders and those who are working to make sure we are able to sleep a little easier every night and go about our business of daily living without the fear so many in other lands have to deal with on a daily basis.
If you wish to show support by adopting a soldier or troop unit as an email pen pal, visit www.operationmilitarypride.org
For a little bit more concerning my thoughts on the war there is Wake Up America
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