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Tue, 14:13: RT @KumuHina: Going Global with True Meaning of #Aloha - #China #Germany #Guam #Mexico & More. See all here: http://t.co/lo9AhTqxWR - #Incl…
Tue, 14:53: RT @tinytempest: New Blog Post: Just Say No to One Planet, One Language http://t.co/DjFnPgsnNT
Tue, 16:37: Me: Are you going to do homework or chores first? Him: None. Me: Okay I'll start adding chores. Him: NO Me: There's one more! #meanestmom
Tue, 16:52: RT @lpdeal: Memoir: Love letter to a decade as a teacher - each day is hilarious, frustrating, futile, & rewarding... usually simultaneousl…
Tue, 18:45: #writestuff My biggest challenge is my own brain, to be honest. My depression makes it hard to write about anything other than depression.
Tue, 18:56: Come visit me on my blog, buddies! http://t.co/0Ne2wsMR09 #writestuff
Wed, 08:45: Iliana is eating a butter and pepperoni sandwich for breakfast. Toddlers: they know what they want, and they want to gross you the hell out.
Wed, 09:16: Do not tell abuse victims how to handle their situation. DO NOT TELL ABUSE VICTIMS HOW TO HANDLE THEIR SITUATION. Period. THE END.
Wed, 09:21: Victims need support and empowerment to trust their own instincts. Either offer that support or sit down until you are able to offer it.
Wed, 09:23: People be like "You need to think about what this relationship is doing to your children." As if we don't think of our own damn kids.

Wed, 09:27: We need the room to think for ourselves, not go from listening to our abuser to listening to you.
Wed, 09:28: My sister never once told me to leave my abuser; she only said "Don't stay just because you have nowhere else to go. You have me."
Wed, 09:29: And those words, more than all of my friends' "Girl, you got to get out of there NOW!" was what I needed to actually leave.
Wed, 09:36: So, tell us we have you. Tell us there is safety, and we deserve it no matter what. And then back up your words. Mean It.
Wed, 09:39: Otherwise, you're just adding to our abuser's destruction of our faith in ourselves. Or, at least that's how it was for me.
Wed, 09:40: 'Cause I can tell you all of the patronizing concern troll shit that I heard from people who "had my back." I didn't need that. No.
Wed, 09:41: I already had one person who had my back like that. Didn't need a whole army of 'em.
Wed, 09:42: Victims know: shelters are chronically underfunded. The court system is a sham. Restraining orders don't work. We're at risk when we leave.
Wed, 09:43: So, we need to fix all of that heaping pile of bullshit instead of telling victims how to victim.
Wed, 09:44: When I was a teen, I went to a funeral. One of dozens by then. This one was different. My cousin was murdered by her "estranged" husband.

Wed, 09:45: At the funeral, there was an undercurrent to the grief of losing her. The knowledge that leaving is dangerous. Children know this.
Wed, 09:46: Then those kids grow up to be dating teenagers and adults. And *we're* supposed to be stronger / smarter / better than that? Sounds legit.
Wed, 09:51: Anyway, that's it for Aunty Noelani's Totally Uncomfortable Story Time. Let's do it again real soon, k? Looks like we'll need to. Smh
Wed, 10:52: RT @thenib: Captain Kirk vs. the Internet, by @tomtomorrow https://t.co/2TkGMBUCQV http://t.co/Y1tHCK7mLt

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