by Cathlene.Miner | Dec 29, 2024 | Blog, Children and Abuse
By Sophia Norley I hear crying and screaming, then banging and shouting. There’s a whirl of emotions that are uncomfortably palatable. I know what’s happened straight away. He’s chucked the little baby and cot in the hall once again. Her little pleading wails pierce...
by Cathlene.Miner | Nov 20, 2022 | Blog
Let’s share some hard truths here! “Every day in the UK alone 30 woman attempt suicide due to domestic abuse” 1. This number is higher in some countries. “Nearly half of all female homicide victims are killed in the US by a current or former male intimate...
by Cathlene.Miner | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog, Trinidad and Tobago, Women's Stories
As I look into the mirror of my mindI see the many faces of me.The me that I was.The me that I am.And the me that I long to be.I see this brilliant, beautiful, brown-skinned girl,In the middle of her life,A mother, a lover, a wife.Married in my mid-twentiesAnd twenty...
by Cathlene.Miner | Jan 8, 2021 | Blog
Bringing awareness to Domestic Abuse is close to my heart…You see, my mother grew up in a home where there was a lot of abuse. My grandmother, my mom, and her siblings were the targets regularly of physical and mental abuse from my grandfather. My mom gave birth...
by Cathlene.Miner | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog
I always look like I have my shit together but in reality, I don’t and I’m far from it. I went from that Mom who made Christmas happen no matter how broke we were to a person who now has to fight to want to put up a Christmas tree. I went from that Mom who...
by Cathlene.Miner | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog
“Arrgghhh! I can’t hit you!” I said frustrated as I fixed my obi, ” You are really good at defending yourself man, especially with your feet!” It was our usual training session on the streets outside your dad’s house- biological...
