Angela’s Story: Financial Abuse: The Hidden Grip of Control
Financial Abuse occurs in 99% of domestic violence cases.
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Little Wife Goes to Court
Little Wife’s little knees were shaking. Her little hands were shaking. Her tiny little voice was shaking. “Ma’am, could you please speak up?” asked the judge. Little Wife looked behind her to the court advocate who had helped prepare her statement and other court documents. The court advocate nodded to Little Wife to continue. “Your…
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Stories of Hope — Elena
Elena began attending our support group two years ago. Her story was different from the other women in the group because she wasn’t married to an abuser – her parents and family were the source of all pain and suffering for her whole life. From an early age, she was singled out as the scapegoat…
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Little Wife Goes Back Home
The very next day Little Wife called the local police station. “Hello, is this the police? Yes, my name is Little Wife and I left my abusive husband yesterday. Yes, his name is Big Man. Yes, my children and I left him yesterday with nothing but the clothes on our backs…and a little bit…
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Little Wife Gets A Little Bigger
A very strange sensation came over Little Wife as she hung up the phone. She felt a little taller. She stood up a little straighter. She smiled at the thought that she might be growing just a little bit. The woman on the phone at FOCUS Ministries had been very kind, very understanding, very encouraging…
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Little Wife Gets a Little Smaller
Little Wife wasn’t always little. She remembered a day when she stood tall, slim and proud in her lacy Victorian wedding dress. She remembered being pretty and funny, clever and smart. She used to be confident in herself and sure of her plans. All her hopes and dreams were coming true. If she had…
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A New Year for Little Wife
Little Wife set her empty wine glass on the kitchen table and gazed sadly out the window at the falling snow. The weak mid-January sunlight filtered through the cold clouds barely reaching the ground before dissolving into another gray afternoon. “Well,” she thought to herself, “If I’ve had one glass of wine and broken my…
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A Little Wife Christmas
A Little Wife Christmas “Hurry, hurry, hurry,” Little Wife whispered to herself. With just two days left before Christmas, Little Wife was in a terrible bind. She wanted to buy the perfect gift for Big Man, but the stores were all out of the popular tech gifts, the 3X buffalo plaid flannel shirts, his favorite…
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I’m Afraid of this Journey
Mika realized that she was traveling down a road she did not want to be on. She had spent many years trying hard to fix a relationship that was toxic to her. Her longings for the dream of a happy, loving family had slipped away while leading her deeper into the oppression she felt. She…
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What’s A Parent To Do?
Here we are coming to the end of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. We talked about many facets of staying safe in our relationships and learned that it is TIME TO TALK about teen life in 2025. As parents, we love our teens and want only God’s best for each of them. What a daunting…
