On august 4th, 2000 I lay in the woods and almost died from the injuries sustained from a brutal attack from someone that supposedly cared about me. I survived that attack by the grace of a higher power, and I try to live each day as to be worthy of that gift. Believe me, it would have been so easy to lay there on the ground and just give up…but frankly I am not really a ‘’give up’’ kinda girl. It was a perfect storm of circumstances, and a whole lot of ‘’earth angels’’ that kept me together this far, after all, even 13 years later I still am trying to recover from some of those injuries, some I will never fully heal from. I figured that if I had that many people pulling for me, I did not have the right to sit in the corner and feel sorry for myself, after all that would be selfish wouldn’t it?...there had to be a reason I survived, and it seemed like it had to be for some pretty big reason. As of Monday, “Angel Train” has ‘’walked’’ it’s 1291st person. Four people this week took the ‘’train’’ and four people are on the road away from their abuser. Hopefully I am earning the ‘’right’’ of the most precious of gifts…LIFE. When I see the beginning and ending scenes of the movie Saving Private Ryan, I hear Private Ryan saying, Tell me I have lived a life worthy of this sacrifice! that I have lived a life that is worthy of whatever power that saved me. I hope that when I have to account for my life, and the things I have done, I can be proud of what i have done with it. I want to do so much more , I want to help so many others. I know the pain that domestic violence brings, and I have seen the pains that war brings…and whether that battle is fought in the privacy of the home, or on the front lines, guess what I have learned?...there are many of the same scars for both a veteran, and an abuse victim. We both wake screaming in the night from the scenes we have lived through that play out in our heads over and over, we both flinch sometimes when things are too loud, and we both want to escape from the demons in our mind. ‘’Angel Haven’’ will one day be the safe place we can ‘’exorcise’’ those demons if I have my way….learn to live again like the person we were before…a little older and wiser, and maybe even a bit more scarred, but then again ‘’what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger…’’ While I have had 13 years now to deal with my own ‘’demons’’ many others are just starting down the path to recovery. That is why ‘’Angel Haven’’ is so needed. We want to teach self defense, have counselors, life skills, education, etc… A ‘’leave no wounded’’ behind place…help hold up your fellow human, help them grow, and teach peace again can be real. I still need ‘’earth angels’’ to help me… ~Alexandrea~ youtu.be/1r8zgU7wE8w
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:13:58 +0000
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