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January 2010 Blog Posts (34)

SURVIVOR

SURVIVOR

More then 10 years have passed since Domestic Violence caused me my sight. My husband was a Philadelphia Police Officer. During the darkness I would beg my abuser to stop hitting me, time and time again I would say to him, “one day you will cause me sever damage and it will be irreversible”. The afternoon when I experience my retinal detachment will live with me for the rest of my life. I cried when the doctor’s explained to me the out come of my vision. I knew I would never… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 31, 2010 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Turning Nightmares INTO Pleasant Dreams

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When your curtain lifts, what do you see? Are you living a dream come true or are you tossing and turning as the nightmare continues?

Many talented writers go unnoticed. Many books sit on the shelves, never to be sold.

Question: So how do you navigate over a billion Internet viewers to witness your outstanding performance?

Answer: Through… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 31, 2010 at 5:50pm — No Comments

WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

I ask this question time and time again. WHO CAN YOU TRUST?!!! You want to trust your government, but there actions have left me speechless!!! You want to trust your attorney but can you truly trust them also?!!!!

I continue to question how the legal system has handled so many Domestic Violence cases through out our great country. Many lives are destroyed because; our legal system such as judges, lawyers, police officer, state police officers and… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:45pm — No Comments

THE SCARS

THE SCARS

Ten years has passed since my first surgery. I’m sure many would like for me to keep silent! To stop voicing the horrible truth behind the badge!!! I know I have ruffled many feathers but I refuse to keep silent.

Many officers all over the United States and I am sure through out the country continued to abuse there power!!!

From Racial Profiling, to Police Brutality, and Domestic Violence this abuse of power is a serious matter within all Police… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:42pm — No Comments

THE LIE BEHIND THE BADGE

THE LIE BEHIND THE BADGE

I’m sure many would like for me to keep silent! To stop voicing the horrible truth behind the badge!!! I know I have ruffled many feathers but I refuse to keep silent.

Many officers all over the United States and I am sure through out the country continued to abuse there power!!!

From Racial Profiling, to Police Brutality, and Domestic Violence this abuse of power is a serious matter within all Police Departments.

Many have… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:41pm — No Comments

COURAGE

COURAGE

Where do I get my Courage? Where do I get my strength? Where do I get my determination? GOD!!!!

I’m sure many would feel that, I am speaking so negatively of the horrible abuse that I sustained many years ago. Well, I’m not!!!

I refuse to hide, I refuse to keep silent. My voice will help others who have been afraid, my voice will help many come out of that dark hole.

The abuse from the past has left me with a handicap and that is my vision. If… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:39pm — No Comments

COVERING UP THE LIES

COVERING UP THE LIES

Many years ago, while I was administrative assistant for a security company a loved one realized that I was being abused, and in order to protect that loved one, she handed me a plane ticket to Chicago to visit my brother.

Just recently I was blessed to have found on facebook a family member that I lost contact with for the past ten years. No matter how much time has past and what took place in the past, we continue to have love and support for each… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:37pm — No Comments

PEACE

PEACE

Many must wonder if I am bitter about the horrible abuse I endure for many years of my young adult life. I am not bitter; I am free of the abuse. Not only physical but the mental and the emotional pain that I suffered by my abuser.

For years I would hear I am sorry! It won’t happen again! If you report this, I will lose my job on the police department!

I sacrificed myself to protect another human being who did not protect me! My sister and I spoke on how… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:34pm — No Comments

FORGIVENESS OF THE PAST

FORGIVENESS OF THE PAST

Tonight I had a wonderful conversation with a loving, wonderful friend. We spoke of the lost years. We spoke how Domestic Violence has affected our lives.

Domestic Violence is an epidemic that is completely out of control in our Country and all over the world. My abusers were law enforcement officers. They abused there power. No one is above the law. My memory of the past has lived with me for many years. I was told numerous times that no one will… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT

OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT

As many of you know, I am preparing for my talkblogradio show on Tuesday, January 19, at 1:00 PM.

I must emphasize that, my interview is to tell the truth of what happened to me so many years ago. We as survivors must not and will not continue to protect our abuser’s my mistake was that, I did protect one of my abuser and in the end it cost me to have retinal detachment from the right eye.

My silence could have cost me my life… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments

MY CHILDREN From the very beginning that my children moved within me, I was frightened to no extend! What type of mother will I be? More then anything I wanted my babies to be happy, to feel safe, …

MY CHILDREN

From the very beginning that my children moved within me, I was frightened to no extend! What type of mother will I be?

More then anything I wanted my babies to be happy, to feel safe, to be proud of themselves. Through the years of Domestic Violence I felt I failed my children. I let them see a sad, weak, and at times very depressed mother.

I am writing this short note again because, of them! There love and support through all my pain has brought me… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:12pm — No Comments

AWARENESS

AWARENESS

Just recently I was asked by the State of Pennsylvania to give my interrogatories in regards to the horrible abuse that, I sustained over seven years ago.

I read how I am still being blamed for the abuse that one of there State Troopers did to me, how I am to blame as he dragged me with his State Police Car, how I am to blame when I went head first into the concrete, how I am to blame for begging for help, how I am to blame for having retinal detachment… Continue

Added by Rosa Torres-Sadler on January 29, 2010 at 9:07pm — No Comments

Excerpts Of My Books "My Brain Injury" And "To All My Fathers"

Excerpt Of My Brain Injury

My surgery would be scheduled and not delayed because I was in so much pain now. I had forfeited the first doctor and now had a second. The day all seemed normal as planned. I would get in and out and get back to my doggy dog world when it was over. But would I? There were some young guys in there in street clothes that didn’t fit standing around the operating table laughing and making strange gestures towards me. I felt uncomfortable and warning lights… Continue

Added by Lori Finnila on January 28, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Surprise Attack

The rifleman of the Napoleonic Peninsular war, 1810 to 1814, was the forerunner of the modern day SAS. Armed with the formidable Baker rifle, the first of its kind to be produced and a more accurate weapon with a longer range than the musket. Their job was to operate in pairs ahead of the main infantry to scout and harass the enemy by sniping at senior officers and NCOs in the hopes of causing as much chaos, disorganization and panic as possible. In comparison to the musket, the inferior weapon… Continue

Added by Simon Marshland on January 27, 2010 at 8:10am — No Comments

Cicely Tyson On Board Gene Cartwright's 'A Family Gathering.'

Cicley Tyson on board Gene Cartwright’s ‘A Family Gathering.’

Experience inspires creation of BooksForFilm.com

Question: Why is film legend, and Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson on board, and committed to being a central force in the film adaptation of Gene Cartwright’s epic novel, A Family Gathering?

Answer: She read the novel. End of story.

“I have not been so moved by a… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on January 26, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

BOOK REVIEW by William Potter for readers Choice Reviews

Finding that special someone to share a life with is a struggle for many. Goodbye Kiev by author

Thomas C. Almond is his fictionalized recounting of how he found the woman of his dreams in

the Ukraine through a marriage agency, and the challenges he faced in their relationship.

Tom is a 27-year veteran of Portland Fire and Rescue. He is divorced and lonely. He is a serious

man who knows what he wants and how to get it. Nothing will stop him from finding love and… Continue

Added by Thomas C Almond on January 20, 2010 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Media Release

Simon Marshland and Pneuma Springs Publishing has released a masterpiece in Private Lives. Literary Fiction with a Sci-Fi slant, this novel follows the story of Charlie Parker as he travels through three lifetimes to solve a modern day act of terrorism and the…

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Added by Simon Marshland on January 20, 2010 at 10:40am — No Comments

Socialism and the Ten Virgins

“An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "Okay, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade, so no one would fail, and no one would… Continue

Added by Lorilyn Roberts on January 16, 2010 at 9:24pm — 3 Comments

My play Johnny doesnʻt live here anymore.

Iʻm absolutely thrilled to announce that my play Johnny doesnʻt live here anymore under the artful direction of Kingsley Rowston and with a great cast was the outright winner with first place in the "Peoples Choice" at Wildcards Two, part of the Short +Sweet Theatre programme. My thanks go to the director, cast and crew for a great piece of work.

Director Kingsley Rowston

Music Composed by: Ian Hartley

Cast: Pollyanna Nowicki (VESNA LUDLOW)

Matt Orchard… Continue

Added by Gunter O. Swoboda on January 16, 2010 at 12:20pm — 2 Comments