Category Archives: Trials

From Child Prostitute to Child Advocate, Part 7

Part 7:  Fear These new memories came more slowly and took much longer to process.  One of the hardest parts was determining whether they were real.  Sexual abuse was easy to understand and it was validated by the men she knew in her men's group.  Even though people did not want to talk a ...

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By VickiDalia| 9 Comments | Adversity, Forgiveness, Trials
From Child Prostitute to Child Advocate, Part 5

Our story is meant to aid in understanding the dynamics of human trafficking and child abuse—both victim and perpetrator—and especially to give insight into the violence of this particular kind of abuse.  In the process of writing this—as you will see—it became obvious that sexual ...

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By VickiDalia| 1 Comment | Adversity, Atonement, Families, Forgiveness, Trials
From Child Prostitute to Child Advocate, Part 4

Our story is meant to aid in understanding the dynamics of human trafficking and child abuse—both victim and perpetrator—and especially to give insight into the violence of this particular kind of abuse.  In the process of writing this—as you will see—it became obvious that sexual traffi ...

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By VickiDalia| 7 Comments | Adversity, Atonement, Families, Forgiveness, Personal Growth, Strength, Trials
Depression Hurts, Part 9

Author name withheld After a 1 ½ yr search for new employment our prayers were answered.  Finally, Husband was able to secure full-time employment, the dream job-with a university, not all that far from where we had previously lived.  We moved this past summer.  The job, better than anything ...

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By DepressionHurts| 4 Comments | Depression, Faith, Families, Love, Personal Growth, Strength, Trials
Depression Hurts, Part 8

Author Name Withheld~ Walking into a psychiatrist’s office is slightly un-nerving.  “Those” places are for crazy people, right?  There is a definite stigma associated with receiving mental help and we were no exception in feeling this.  As we walked down the hall towards the clinic offi ...

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By DepressionHurts| 6 Comments | Adversity, Depression, Families, Personal Growth, Strength, Trials
From Child Prostitute to Child Advocate, Part 3

Our story is meant to aid in understanding the dynamics of human trafficking and child abuse—both victim and perpetrator—and especially to give insight into the violence of this particular kind of abuse.  In the process of writing this—as you will see—it became obvious that sexual traffi ...

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By VickiDalia| 8 Comments | Adversity, Families, Strength, Trials
Read for Charity:  Helping People Help Themselves

Guest contributor, Becky Jane, is one amazing woman!  As if she doesn't have enough to do between authoring her blog, Rise Above Your Limits, mothering her 11 children, and pursuing her love of gardening--she has accepted a call to serve a service mission for her church with a special focus on A ...

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By BeckyJane| 16 Comments | Adversity, LDS Family Services, Trials