Author Archives: Abigail

About Abigail

Abigail is the core personality.

Inspirational Book/Author

Today I caught only part of the program on Live The Promise with Susie Larson on faith radio. Susie’s guest speaker today was Dr. Mark Rutland, who wrote a book called 21 Seconds to a Better Life (I think I … Continue reading

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DID-Ultimate Evidence of the Value of life

“DID is the ultimate evidence of the value of life. If, in the midst of such trauma, you split to survive it, rather than succumb to it, life must matter.”. My therapist made this comment during a recent session, and … Continue reading

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In Loving Memory

Today was the funeral for my niece. She was a young mother who died very suddenly without any warning. There was no life insurance and the young family have now moved in with my brother. My heart aches and breaks … Continue reading

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Attachment to Perpetrator & Locus of Control Shift

One of my therapists has been talking to us about Attachment to Perpetrator and Locus of Control Shift, which are theories about people with dissociative disorders and therapies to help them. A few weeks ago she gave us a photocopy … Continue reading

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Entitlement

I heard an interesting interview on faith radio today about entitlement. Apparently a child who is told they are special and never criticized or told negative things about themselves can develop entitlement issues as young adults. One of the character … Continue reading

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Survival Strategies from Therapist

A while ago our therapist gave us photo copies of a text book to help us understand better how we survived our childhood traumas. I don’t know the title or author of the book, so sorry. The two chapters were … Continue reading

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Ducks in a Row

We have been making serious headway on getting the book done. Today we signed up to take a course at the community college close to home on Publishing A Novel. The focus of the course is generalized – it doesn’t … Continue reading

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Who’s Fault Was It?

For so many years I have had a deep wound in my heart about having an abortion when I was 16, or at least that is how I have framed it. In reality we were tricked into it, or perhaps … Continue reading

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Psalm 41: A Prayer for Justice

We are really getting a lot out of the devotional we have started recently.It’s Live Intimately: Lessons from the Upper Room written by Lenya Heitzig & Penny Rose. In today’s lesson we were to read Psalm 41, a passage Jesus … Continue reading

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Washing Judas’s Feet

Recently we started a new devotional, “Live Intimately; Lessons from the Upper Room” by Lenya Heitzig & Penny Rose. In today’s devotion they made the point that Jesus knew that Judas was about to betray Him, yet He washed the … Continue reading

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