2018 was the year I discovered Pinterest. Preparing for a baby shower, a bridal shower, Sunday school activities and landscaping our yard made me addicted to Pinterest. So much so that just before our grandaughter’s baby shower, my friend Debbie told me, “Laila, get off Pinterest”. Looking at Pinterest pictures gives the impression that the […]
B “I stand with other believers who protect the life of thousands of unborn children!” – Carenet. This week, the New York state Legislature passed a bill that makes it legal for doctors and other health care professionals, such as midwives and physician assistants, to perform abortions up until birth for any reason in the […]
“Debbie is doing so well with the activities and the program you gave us. In fact, she was so inspired by the activities she wants to create a movement. Create a children’s society for children and by children who have been abused. She wanted to make a YouTube campaign. To educate other children”. Those were […]
We walked through a rough unpaved road on the way to our first visit to invite Iraqi refugees to attend Not Guilty’s four-day training to children, parents, young men, young women and caregivers. We divided ourselves into three teams. Marka, where we were staying, is a very poor area of Jordan where most of the […]
I need your prayers. This week, as I was training in Jordan, on Love, Sex and Lasting Relationships as part of a school on what do after Adolescence, I went to look at our accommodations for our Not Guilty trip ministering to Iraqi refugees who fled Iraq because they wrote the ن (noon meaning Nosrani […]
As I get older, I see I have an excess of skin, I see crêpey skin creeping on my forearm, I see bags under my eyes that have nothing to do with my losing sleep. I wake up with aches and squeaks that become better as I oil my body with daily exercise and coffee. […]
Today a couple came from the USA to counsel with me about their 6-year-old daughter. The mother had attended with me last year, the parents session on how to protect our kids against sexual abuse. She bought the girl’s book, and read it several times with her daughter. This past month, her 6-year-old daughter was […]
Here I am sitting on my bed like a wounded animal, licking my wounds caused by loved ones who hit me hard with harsh words. It always catches me by surprise when someone does that to me: you are totally oblivious about how that person feels about you until that person explodes in your face […]
The greatest fear we might have is what if sexual abuse actually happens to my child? This is the biggest fear of all. Seeing your child in pain and unhappy and not being able to do anything about it. As President for Not Guilty I have counseled many traumatized parents and abused children and adults […]
Sometimes you meet someone and think, “Wow, that person looks at the world in a totally different way. I wonder why!” When sexual abuse happens, that person’s worldview changes for life. Even if the abuse stops, that person wears scratched lenses with which they see and react to the world. The people living in a […]
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