after abuse and death, love can grow

Ten years ago, a mother from Maryland didn’t know much about relationship abuse. Then her daughter died. Sharon Love “didn’t know relationship abuse could be so insidious, difficult to recognize or that it could happen” to her daughter, Yeardley Love, according to the Baltimore Sun. She has learned, however, that after abuse and death, love… Continue reading after abuse and death, love can grow

she persisted despite the odds

As a girl, she stole fruit so that she could eat. Homelessness and abuse plagued her childhood. She witnessed a murder that traumatized her. Yet…she persisted despite the odds. Now 51, Lorraine Younger is a prominent insurance adviser in Kingston, Jamaica. She is a “top Executive Club insurance agent at Sagicor Life Jamaica, qualifier for… Continue reading she persisted despite the odds

together forever

They are young. They are in love. They think they will be together forever. Statistics tell a different story. Dating violence for high school students is very real. According to the National Institute of Justice, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative annual survey of youth in grades 9 to 12, found evidence of… Continue reading together forever

Breaking the silence

By Sharen McArthur, editor Breaking the silence was something he could not do when he was a child. He could not tell anyone – not his parents, his brothers, his sister. He suffered in silence. In 2013 he decided it was time to tell his story of the sexual abuse that he had endured as… Continue reading Breaking the silence

the dangerous beast

The dangerous beast. That’s what the boy called the young man. In his imagination, he went into the jungle and stood up to the dangerous beast. And he always won. Born in El Salvador, Marco Flores was a toddler when his father abandoned his family. When he was three, his mother left him in the… Continue reading the dangerous beast