tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11502379721963494882024-02-18T22:50:15.048-08:00Write 2 Empower"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." Anne FrankNikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-54948549353311258192013-08-06T09:19:00.002-07:002013-08-06T09:20:38.608-07:00A Twist of Innocence: The True Story by Nikki Rosen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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happened sixty-three years ago, a horrific crime against a young child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the community learned who perpetrated
the brutal crime it shocked them even more. The story, <i>A Twist of Innocence,
The True Story,</i> confirms evil exists and, sometimes comes in the most unlikely form.</span></span> <br />
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toddler, now a woman in her sixties speaks out for the first time and
shares the truth of what really happened the summer of 1949 in
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Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-42175727995329494452013-06-17T10:09:00.000-07:002013-06-17T10:09:05.771-07:00A Twist of Innocence -- Truth or Lies. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Twist of Innocence - Researched and Authored by Nikki Rosen</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
story has taken on so many twists and turns. It began with one elderly
man telling me his version of what happened. His story was sketchy. He
remembered few details. He said he was charged with a crime as a child
that he was innocent of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fascinated
by the story I set out to find the details. Incredibly I found the baby
in the story and the boy who helped rescue her. </span><br />
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told me the shocking truth of how four young boys snatched a toddler
from her backyard, beat her, attempted to rape her and then hung her in a
shed and left her to die. The four bragged about what they had done.
Someone overheard them and told police. The boys were charged and
ultimately sentenced. Three of them were brothers who already had a
history of committing crimes that were serious enough to be heard and
dealt with by Juvenile Court. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This
story is about lies and deception and using faith as a means to promote
and profit from a heinous crime. The title will be changed from A Twist
of Innocence to Twisted Innocence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can young children commit horrific crimes? Unfortunately, they can.</span><br />
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<br />Laura: What is the hardest thing about writing for you?<br /><br />Nikki:
Staying on course from beginning to end and piecing the material
together so that it flows, fits together well and makes perfect sense. <br /><br /><span class=" wz-bold">Laura: Which do you enjoy more - reading or writing?</span><br /><br />Nikki: Writing – I feel the same
as Anne Frank did – “I can shake off everything when I write. My sorrows
disappear and my courage is reborn.”<br /><br /><span class=" wz-bold">Laura: What is your newest book about?</span><br /><br />Nikki : Dancing Softly, released
Nov. 14, 2012, is a story of hope and overcoming. It’s a story about the
resilience of the human spirit and the touch of a gentle God. <br /><br /><span class=" wz-bold">Laura: What inspired you to write this book?</span><br /><br />
Nikki: Pieces from my own past and
things I’ve seen working as a social worker. Dancing Softly is dedicated
to Ashley Smith, a young woman who took her life at GrandValley Prison in
Kitchner. Ashley’s crime – throwing crab apples at a postal worker. Ashley
never should have been incarcerated. The system broke her spirit. And there are
many woman in systems – mental health, nursing homes, penitentiaries, who are
disempowered, bullied and treated as if they have little worth. <br /> <br /><span class=" wz-bold">Laura: Is there a message in your book that you want your readers to grasp?</span><br /><br />
Nikki: Everyone’s life has value
and purpose. And kindness is the highest form of wisdom. <br /> <br /><span class=" wz-bold">Laura: What is your favourite Scripture verse and why?</span><br /><br />
Nikki: John 1:5 ‘And the
Light shines in the darkness and the darkness overcame it not.” I like this because it reminds me that Light always trumps darkness. <br /> <br /><span class=" wz-bold">If you would like to learn more about Dancing Softly or Nikki's books, visit her at <a href="http://www.write2empower.webs.com/">www.write2empower.webs.com</a></span></div>
Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-16351669996662723622012-11-05T03:04:00.002-08:002012-11-05T03:04:29.910-08:00Dancing Softly Available Nov. 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My book, Dancing Softly, will be coming out soon. My dgt fiddled around and made a trailer for the book. I hope you like it.<br />
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Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-75911896980893632902011-08-01T06:40:00.000-07:002011-08-01T06:40:53.135-07:00Nurturing Paws.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCh5nqtensm6Rkl0Jcid5SPJgiUB5H7lZ0ha7Tu-A1Dzx91vw49z0U6c0vLJRoX6LDkFdQUbdoVCthO8m138AOlGSiVBLXn1hsWxWU-UPNXcJrXXEJ8lDdCaMjIiVcZ1lk5UfFyv5g_Q/s1600/nurturing++paws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCh5nqtensm6Rkl0Jcid5SPJgiUB5H7lZ0ha7Tu-A1Dzx91vw49z0U6c0vLJRoX6LDkFdQUbdoVCthO8m138AOlGSiVBLXn1hsWxWU-UPNXcJrXXEJ8lDdCaMjIiVcZ1lk5UfFyv5g_Q/s200/nurturing++paws.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My stories, <i>A Gentle Healer </i>and <i>Remembering Sasha,</i> are published in the newly released book - Nurturing Paws. It's an anthology of inspiring stories and poems that show the healing power of animals. A portion of all book sales will go to charities promoting physical, emotional and spiritual healing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other contributors include three time Senior Poet Laureate Elaine Morgan, New York Post and Huffington Post columnist Tina Traster, several Chicken Soup for the Soul® contributors and dozens of award-winning writers.</span></div>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-80945559342812947532011-07-21T16:06:00.001-07:002011-07-21T16:06:00.105-07:00Interview with Breath Again Magazine<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase='http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0' width='210' height='105' name="217531" id="217531"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogtalkradio.com%2Fbreatheagainmagazine%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fnikki-survived-a-cultrape-self-mutilation-and-addiction%2Fplaylist.xml&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogtalkradio.com%2Fbreatheagainmagazine%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fnikki-survived-a-cultrape-self-mutilation-and-addiction%2fplaylist.xml&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="217531" id="217531" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 10px;text-align: center; width:220px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/breatheagainmagazine">breatheagainmagazine</a> on Blog Talk Radio</div>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-89514603294956454502010-10-16T03:43:00.001-07:002010-12-07T17:30:14.874-08:00Written2Empower<span style="font-size: large;">I wrote this book to show that nothing is impossible to overcome; absolutely nothing. No matter how dark it seems.....how impossible it appears.....freedom and peace are possible. </span><br />
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<object height="300" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-7du167vtI?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-7du167vtI?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="300"></embed></object>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-59900220127509553612010-09-26T07:21:00.000-07:002010-09-26T07:24:35.714-07:00Interview With Mary Moss<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRb1UYEPpI_VMoRekR-SqZHO56r7hSq958TQ14KpE2f0u1WvxWHuscfvRpUUMQ3lUnUH_A7bVRAa1fFJ9SYtG650iL7akeXg0kBilC2f7O6FPYYdo1WN5vI1o_n2h52z4LxyCWS0prcg/s1600/know+hope+girl+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRb1UYEPpI_VMoRekR-SqZHO56r7hSq958TQ14KpE2f0u1WvxWHuscfvRpUUMQ3lUnUH_A7bVRAa1fFJ9SYtG650iL7akeXg0kBilC2f7O6FPYYdo1WN5vI1o_n2h52z4LxyCWS0prcg/s200/know+hope+girl+copy.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><b>Why did you decide to write this book?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">When I started writing in April 2008 my intention was not to write a book but to get the images of what happened out of my head. The more I wrote the more it dawned on me how far down God had gone to pull me out of a very dark place. I realized I had never told anyone what He had done or what had happened. On the advice of a friend, I started blogging and was shocked to read the encouragment and support from other bloggers. Around the same time, I connected with the rapist's son who told me even more horrific things that had taken place. One of the victims killed himself. I began to have the desire to tell the truth of what had taken place to give hope to others. Three months into writing, I met a writer who read some of what I had written and she told me I needed to tell my story. Although I continued to struggle with shame around disclosing, I started to construct what I wrote into a book format. There was a part of me that knew God wanted me to tell.<b> </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<b>What is the significance of the book title?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">My whole life had been based on deception; lies that were ingrained into me since I was a child. I believed everything I had been told: I was worthless, had no right to exist and what happened was because something was wrong with me. Faith in those lies almost killed me. It led me from one dark encounter into another. Even when God dramatically touched me, it took a long time for me to let go of the decpetion and accept the'truth.'</div><br />
<b>Tell us about your book. </b><br />
The book is written in creative non-ficiton so that it flows more like a novel than a documentary. However, it is a true story. It's divided into two parts; the first telling the story of growing up in a Jewish religious home, being physically and emotionally abused by both my parents, and turning to a serious drug addiction, eating disorder and self harm at a very young age....in an effort to escape. The addictions pulled me further down. Living on the streets was dangerous and then a friend brought me to meet a man she believed could helpme. He turned out to be a cult leader. He held me in his house for six months and raped me before I finally managed to get free. The turning point was a dramatic encounter with God, although I continued to struggle with the addictions.<br />
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The second part details the process of healing and recovery from shame and addictions. As a Christian and someone who had experienced many miracles, I still could not get free....not until I dealt with the root causes. Through a relationship with a Christian counsellor, I started dealing with the eating disorder, self-injury, anger, shame, fear and forgiveness . <br />
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I learned God can be trusted to bring about complete healing and recovery and it was the power of His gentleness that ultimately freed me and continues to free me. I was reminded to never judge anyone because no one really knows what has gone on in someone’s life to make them as they are. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Through my website at <a href="http://www.gentlerecovery.webs.com/">www.gentlerecovery.webs.com</a> and my email <a href="mailto:blueheron12345@yahoo.ca">blueheron12345@yahoo.ca</a> or even my blog www.cultofdeception.blogspot.com</div><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I found the detail of the coaching advice affirming the very processes I am currently working on in order to change my own negative belief systems. I don't believe in co-incidence, your book came to me as a message of hope. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b>Janet: </b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Wow. What an awesome book! I read it in two days. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">I"m not a reader so for me to read it that fast it has to be good.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"> I was reading at work on nights and I had to get up and go to another room at one point, tears were falling down my face...your book has helped me to open up and gave me so much hope! It has made a difference in my outlook on my situation. </span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stan:</b> I have to rank <b><i>In The Eye of Deception</i> </b>as one of the most riveting books I have ever read. And the fact that it is a true story...makes it even more riveting and intense. There were several times where I continued reading past my allotted reading time because I was so caught up in the story, so concerned about what was happening, that I couldn’t put the book down! If ever there were a <b>must</b> read, it is <b><i>In The Eye of Deception</i></b>, a truly phenomenal book by a truly phenomenal person and writer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">..as I read your book my heart started aching...I wanted to wrap that hurting little girl in my arms and love all the pain away...after a while...my heart began to ache for another reason...old hidden wounds of my own wounded past began to surface and I KNEW that I would have to deal with them...<br />
I had come such a long way (I thought) I had written books about the healing of a soul...but reading throught the section covering the times with your counselor I felt I was there and she was gently leading 'ME' out of a dark hole into the light. I didn't want to see the truth...I wanted to stay in denial that all was well with my world...but I can't...and I won't. Your book will touch many lives my ...I know...it has turned my world upsidedown. <b>Reader's Comment</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-47220839851873638202010-05-03T14:42:00.000-07:002010-05-03T14:42:16.034-07:00Empowered After A Childhood of Chaos and Abuse: Part II in a 3 part series.<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rlrn/2010/04/26/she-speaks-to-inspire">Empowered After A Childhood of Chaos and Abuse: Part II in a 3 part series.</a>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-28504438896675122842010-03-25T13:16:00.000-07:002010-03-25T13:18:08.060-07:00The Power of His Gentleness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJx3_xam6FMiBpauVz06UcSTDYfg4ZSDbB7BkgvPD9p3kKe5274lBJn14T6YHKutJhXdUY9Po0rOgIlaUZbsUfrF0hWYXFUBZTr2A3F-iABQH6YdI5btNiu3yKX84e8a3InUsjJSvGOw/s1600/book+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJx3_xam6FMiBpauVz06UcSTDYfg4ZSDbB7BkgvPD9p3kKe5274lBJn14T6YHKutJhXdUY9Po0rOgIlaUZbsUfrF0hWYXFUBZTr2A3F-iABQH6YdI5btNiu3yKX84e8a3InUsjJSvGOw/s200/book+cover.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Every day, in heat, rain or cold, I ran - alone in the woods - in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God and heard Him whisper. <i>You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give hope to others. </i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How could I never have told anyone what He had done for me? Nothing else had worked. Nothing...except the gentleness of His touch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The power of His gentleness...<b>.In the Eye of Deception:</b> This is my story. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gentlerecovery.webs.com/">www.gentlerecovery.webs.com</a></div>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-71319917694296254972010-02-04T03:39:00.000-08:002010-02-04T03:39:26.638-08:00Telling the Truth and Making a Difference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp8JV-QHBU82dZ7U8HyXitoe9HbKPD8Snuy5Ut1qmIbHEZVbft7OdeQ005TWTFZvVs7KH65ow5OCl2mUYMbDBXjYyzt7cWvnlAr6pPWpJyE6AJsP3zuuXOTiN6tFGpIafL7d_ucpUx0I/s1600-h/book+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp8JV-QHBU82dZ7U8HyXitoe9HbKPD8Snuy5Ut1qmIbHEZVbft7OdeQ005TWTFZvVs7KH65ow5OCl2mUYMbDBXjYyzt7cWvnlAr6pPWpJyE6AJsP3zuuXOTiN6tFGpIafL7d_ucpUx0I/s200/book+cover.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">My book released December 2009 has sold more than 100 copies. Reviews and comments have been powerful for me to read....to know that<b> In the Eye of Deception</b> is touching people, giving hope and helping others find freedom. </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: red;">"We read to know we are not alone." C.S. Lewis</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been blown away by all the people interested in wanting to win a copy of my book. I wish I could send everyone one. My daughter wrote down the names of everyone who commented on the three blogs and then pulled out the name of the winner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jane of the Jungle won the copy. I'll pop it in the mail today. Way to go. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for anyone is interested in purchasing a copy of the book, I've posted some excerpts of reviews: </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1....Her story is compelling simply because she should not be where she is now: she should not be alive, she should not be whole, and she should not be thriving in society. But she is! As I journeyed through her story, I became aware of a burning passion at work. It is a story of the loving Creator wooing a lost soul. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I cried as I read of her traumas. I rejoiced as I read of both the miraculous deliverance and the painstaking recovery. And I will continue to celebrate as society’s lost are found through her words and ministry. Anyone who reads this story will have no doubt that God’s love conquers all and trumps even mankind’s best efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
</div><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">- Donna Dawson, author of <u>The Adam and Eve Project,</u> <u>Redeemed</u>, and the double award winning novel, </span><u><span style="font-size: large;">Vengeance</span></u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.....I began reading her blog and could gather by her postings that she had endured very painful events in her life.I did not understand the full magnitude of the pain and suffering she endured until I read her life story, <a href="http://www.gentlerecovery.webs.com/"><i><b>In The Eye of Deception</b></i></a>. <i>In The Eye of Deception </i>is a powerful book about enduring, surviving and overcoming .... It is a powerful story of redemption....a powerful story of how God can turn what is meant to destroy us into something which uplifts us and glorifies HIM. I give <i><b>In The Eye of Deception</b></i> 5 out of 5 stars. The book is awesome. The book is fantastic. The book will indeed set you free.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Valerie:</b> <b><a href="http://simply4god.blogspot.com/">http://simply4god.blogspot.com</a></b></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">My book is now available. I have set up a website @<a href="http://www.gentlerecovery.webs.com/"> www.gentlerecovery.webs.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: large;">for anyone interested in purchasing the book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I never meant this to turn into a book. I never wanted anyone to know the horrible things that happened. I started writing to get the images out of my head and as I did, some people came alongside me, encouraging me to tell my story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's my prayer that whoever reads In the Eye of Deception, will find hope and freedom for whatever situation they are in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Healing and recovery is a process, a long process. There were times I dared Him to kill me. Instead, He waited until I was ready. I am so grateful He let me live. Now I owe Him. I need to tell, to tell what only He was able to do in my life. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-71681975722027624082009-10-01T16:49:00.000-07:002009-10-01T16:50:18.243-07:00Like a Dream<span style="font-size: large;">I never told anyone. I kept it all inside. I started to wonder if it was some crazy dream or if it even happened at all. I thought maybe I made it up? Other times I thought - it wasn't that bad - it was no big deal. But last year people I hadn't seen started surfacing - family, friends - people who knew....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You're a miracle </i>they said. <i>How did you survive? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Survive? Miracle? What did they mean? They started to tell me stories of their memories of how bad things were, how thin I had become, how out of control......My older sister who I hadn't seen for a long time returned from living overseas. She needed to talk. She forced me to listen....forced me to remember. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The memories hit. They hit hard. I wrote to get the images out of my head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't eat or sleep. I wanted to get in my car, close my eyes and drive. It felt like it was happening all over again - the beatings, the confinement, the rape - throwing up day after day after day even if I had tasted even a small bite of something - shoving needles in my arm - three and four times a day - ripping my arms with jagged rocks to feel something because I felt nothing. I was numb inside. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why now God? Why are you letting me go through this now? I didn't want to remember and yet in remembering it dawned on me - finally - just how far down God had reached to free me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everyday in the heat, rain and cold - I ran - alone in the woods - in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God - And I heard His whisper - <i>You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give someone hope - <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How could I have never told anyone what He did. Nothing worked. Nothing could break the chains that kept me in living on the edge. Nothing except the gentleness of His touch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This November, I will publish my story <i>In the Eye of Deception</i>. <i>A True Story. </i> <br />
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I promised God I would tell anyone He wants how awful things had gotten. How far down He had reached to pull me out. I had never told anyone. Now, I'm stronger. It's time to tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Who are caught in the schemes he devises. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>He lies in wait, watching in secret for his victims. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>He lies in wait like a lion in cover;</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>He lies in wait to capture the helpless and drags them off in his net. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. Ps 10:2:9,10 NIV </i></span> <br />
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</span></span>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-45255454553837413992009-01-09T15:43:00.000-08:002009-01-09T15:56:42.217-08:00The Small Voice Inside<em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span></span><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em>I have discovered how important it is to be still and listen to that quiet voice inside us. That voice will never steer us wrong. The outside of a person or group can have all the appearance of being good, or right but it can be so wrong. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Many deceptive people have learned to talk the right things. Think of Jim Jones the cult leader who led so many to die by their own hand. When he started out, he spoke of doing God's work, embracing all people regardless of color...... And yet, he had no idea what truth was. He built an empire to himself, participated in horrible acts of abuse of some of his followers, especially children and became nothing more then a mad man leading people who hungered for truth. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-13367462180813770132008-12-22T02:46:00.000-08:002009-09-16T13:14:46.875-07:00Telling the Truth<em><span style="font-size:85%;">No one's denial of the truth can ever invalidate it. I never told what happened. Today I will tell. I'm stronger. I need to tell.<br /><br />I owe it to God - to God who freed me when nothing else could.<br /><br />I am finding the courage to tell. Even today some people deny the holocust ever took place - But it did.<br /><br />I am finding the courage to tell what happened despite those who were involved, who watched and knew or who may have taken part in the harm that occured and who refuse to admit it - in order to protect themselves. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">The worse thing a human being can do is watch someone inflict injury and harm on another and turn away and do nothing. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I will live my life as an advocate for those victims who cannot speak up for themselves. </span></em>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150237972196349488.post-72269603735754906272008-12-21T14:13:00.000-08:002008-12-21T14:24:22.946-08:00Book: coming soon<strong><em>"Woe to those who call evil good evil and evil good,</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Who put darkness for light and light for darkness,</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes</em></strong><br /><strong><em>And clever in their own sight." Isaiah 5:20,21</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><em>This true account of childhood abuse, confinement and rape offers hope for those fighting similiar battles and provides some tools and resources to overcome drug addiction, eating disorders and self-injury. </em>Nikki (Sarah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.com3