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News and Empathy

Nov 25, 2014 By elinwaldal 14 Comments

News and Empathy

When I began to write this morning the sun had just begun to paint her first stroke of orange and pink across the sky. In all her majesty she sent out that initial ray, it appeared as a fine line across the horizon, then in time it grew wide enough to push away the dark. But in order to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Women Tagged With: Bill Cosby, Rape, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault, UVA

Frog in the Pot

Nov 12, 2014 By elinwaldal 22 Comments

Frog in the Pot

Have you heard about the frog in the pot? When you think about a frog…maybe you think of the prince from childhood fairy tales. Not me. I think of the metaphorical frog. You know…put a frog in a pot of boiling water? What does the frog do? She jumps! Same frog.  Room temperature water. She swims, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: dating abuse, Safety Plan, Teen Dating Violence

Country Song or Real Life?

Oct 3, 2013 By elinwaldal 3 Comments

Country Song or Real Life?

 OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH   Would someone please tell me where Katie Couric is? The Katie that I went to see in Hollywood with my dear friend Lois pictured with me in her bright yellow and beaming smile? The same Katie that added her voice to the No More Org campaign to end […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Domestic Violence Awareness, Katie Couric, NoMoreOrg

Why I Say, NO MORE

Mar 13, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Why I Say, NO MORE

In 1980 I was 17, the very age my middle child will turn on March 15. Seconds ago I watched as he disappeared through the front door, off to meet friends for breakfast due to a late start at his school this morning, his heart and mind filled with dreams for a future yet to be […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Elin Stebbins Waldal, NO MORE DAY, NO MORE ORG, Relationship Abuse, Tornado Warning A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its Effect on a Woman's Life

You are not alone

Oct 18, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

You are not alone

  Even though decades have past since I left Derrick I still remember at a visceral level how alone I felt back then. The one thing I can say without hesitation to anyone suffering in an abusive relationship is this—you are not alone. Not only are you not alone, you are stronger than you feel. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Abuse Survival, Healing, Self-Love

Never Give Up

Sep 7, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Never underestimate the many ways you can help support an individual who is stuck in an abusive relationship…don’t give up on them…sometimes all a person needs is a family member or friend with patience and the tools to help them get the help they need. The average woman may leave her abuser 7 to 8 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Prevention, Relationship Abuse, victim support

Sometimes I wish

Mar 29, 2012 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

Sometimes I wish

i carry your heart here is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart i […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Grief, Parenting

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