Published just now on my blog

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This topic contains 4 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated by Anne Peterson 10 years, 9 months ago.

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June 15, 2014 at 9:00 pm #4153

Judith Shaw
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Anne,

That’s a beautiful story, beautifully told.

Thanks for publishing it.

Judith
June 16, 2014 at 7:35 am #4169

Anne Peterson
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Judith,

Thanks for reading and for your comment. I appreciate it.
July 11, 2014 at 2:56 pm #4563

Lee Tyler
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Anne,

I came to tell you how beautiful your poems are and I find something else, another story, evolved from an ugly part of your life made beautiful by your words, forgiveness and God. Thank you for sharing this. You and I have walked similar paths. At a young age, particularly if you were beaten, you believed anything that person said to you. As a scientist, I bring the Stockholm Effect into the mix, and then throw it away. Nothing in science can describe the rage that changes the looks of our parents. Science is just numbers on a page, eventually. Guilt is a far heavier piece of data and something no amount of science can describe adequately. Science, and most humans cannot explain the act of forgiveness when the abuse still haunts are dreams. Thank you for sharing this. You help me bring out my voice. I hope to be able to pass that gift, as well as the gift of forgiveness along.
July 11, 2014 at 3:06 pm #4565

Anne Peterson
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Lee,

Thank you for your comments. And I’m sorry we share some of the same experiences. I recently wrote about my life and the life of my sister which was cut short from domestic violence. Writing that book took a lot out of me and I guess I was surprised since I have shared her story for years. I guess sharing mine as well was what did it, or the combination of the two. Still trying to get my footing.

Thanks for your encouragement.
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