APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH BECOME INVOLVED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE...
You can draw on all the sympathies of the masses with images of women and children suffering at the hands of abuse, but nothing... NOTHING will ever change the cycle of abuse if real men do not stand up and lead the way by example to what it means to truly be a man.

IF YOU DO NOT STAND UP FOR SOMETHING, YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING!

How can I tell if I'm in an abusive relationship?

Are you afraid of the person you're going out with?
Do they call you names; make you feel stupid, or tell you that you can't do anything right?
Do they say that no one else would ever go out with you?
Does the person you're involved with tell you where you can and can't go or who you can and can't talk to?
Do you feel cut off from your friends and family?
Do you feel if you say no to sexual activities that you will get in trouble? Do you feel pushed or forced into being sexual?
Does the person say it's your fault when they hurt you?
Does this person shove, grab, hit, pinch, hold you down or kick you?
Is the person you're seeing really nice sometimes and really mean at other time (almost like they have two personalities)?
Does this person make frequent promises to change? Do they pretend that they never hurt you? Or do they tell you that you are "making too big a deal" out of it?
If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," your partner is being abusive towards you. You may want to look at your relationship more closely.


Oh boy...I have just been reminded of how much I despise fake, phony , superficial people! I kinda pity them also because they just do not know what they are missing sometimes when they do not take a moment to look further than where their eyes can see. Back later to expand on this...
Okay another day... Some people look at me and turn their head or display some other type of dis-approving gesture; I really do not care... Because I wear a leather coat and my hair is long some people assume that I am less of a person than they are... well their loss... For those of you that are interested I do not use or approve of using drugs, I do not drink very often, I honor, cherish and respect my true friends... I am hurt easily because I am often too kind and trusting, which people weaker than I am seem to confuse with weakness. My hair is long not because I am stuck in some other era, I grow it for people less fotunate than I am so they may have a little dignity in their battle with cancer.I do not speak out in favor, or against anything unless I have experienced it first. Knowledge is power, good power, and I strive to become as powerful as I can... I do not stand for abuse of women or children, they are precious and with out them man could not survive. I will soon have my first degree, and be working towards my second and I do not have a moments time to waste on any one that is less than sincere about being the best person they are capable of being. I will pray for you out of compassion, but I will also look you in thee eyes in direct defiance in you are of the opposite side of the "coin". I embrace my fears because it has taught me to what it means to feel Courage...
This essage is for the few people on "Fubar" that have taken a little of their time to show me that they care...to be continued...
I DO NOT TOLERATE RACISM, if you think that you are better than some one else or that you deserve to be treated differently because you are white, or pink or whatever color you may be I am sorry that you are so insecure with yourself, and that one day you will "see" the bigger picture,and you will, count on that, do not be a hater...
I really have no problem with your sexual orientation, as long as it does not involve children, or vunerable individuals, stand up and be yourself but do not hide behind yourself and prey on the lost...
I have recently been deleted as a friend from someone's site that touched me more than I could ever explain with mere words; I wish that I had taken a moment and put some of this up here before that happened and although I barely knew her I will miss her deeply...

There are several links at the bottom of this page which will lead you to sites which support reasearch, education,and voluteer work opportunities regarding Lymphoma and abuse...

http://www.history.com/minisites/stpatricksday/