Monday – Funday

Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.

Good morning. This weekend, while also watching a lot of football, I was a tad obsessive, following the Gabby Petito, case. Sadly, the authorities have found her body. As a mother of a young woman, my heart aches for her parents. Her boyfriend, the man whom she was traveling with, has disappeared, and neither he nor his family, did anything to help law enforcement, in their search for Gabby. By all indications, including bodycam footage from a police stop, Gabby and her boyfriend had an unhealthy, abusive relationship. I think that one of the reasons why this case has gotten the amount of attention that it has, is that almost all of us women, know or have known women, who have experienced relationships with toxic, abusive men. When I was younger, I used to “joke” that the more together a woman was in her job, in her appearance, and in her life, was likely a total inverse to the quality of boyfriend that she had in her life. Now that I am older, I realize that this is no joking matter. We must bring attention to the dangers of domestic violence. We must help our young people grow up healthfully, so that they are comfortable in their own skin, and grow to see all relationships, as “a plus, but not a must” in leading healthy, fulfilling lives. We best do this by modeling healthy relationships and behaviors, in the relationships that we have with our own selves, and in the relationships that we have with others.

“Never let someone who contributes so little to a relationship control so much of it.” ― Unknown

“Each time a woman stands up for herself without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou

“Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” ― Assunta Harris