April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. If you suspect a child is being abused, report it so it can be investigated. We’ve all heard terrible accounts of children who have been abused for years, and no one knew it. No one protected them. Abuse in childhood can affect individuals throughout their whole lives; long … Read more
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I hope you have no personal experience with domestic violence, but if you don’t, I hope you are or will become aware of the issue. We all need to be alert to the signs of abuse and to know what to do if we see them in someone around … Read more
When I started writing Dream or Destiny, I didn’t plan on having domestic violence as an important part of the story. However, the characters took over. David let me know that he and Barbara had been abused as children and Barbara had also been abused by her husband. I’ve been asked if I have had … Read more