Comments on: I’m Co-Presenting at BlissDom Canada! http://ideallyspeaking.ca/2012/10/im-co-presenting-at-blissdom-canada/ Parenting and life in general from my point of view. Mildly naïve & wildly idealistic. Sat, 03 Jun 2017 06:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Crys Wiltshire http://ideallyspeaking.ca/2012/10/im-co-presenting-at-blissdom-canada/#comment-244 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:02:39 +0000 http://ideallyspeaking.ca/?p=169#comment-244 Hi Darleen. Thank you for sharing that. I think it would be a very valuable story to share with others. I often think about the emotional aspects my mom faced at the time and has faced more so since I have started to open up about the truth. It could be a very healing process for both you and your daughters. You are absolutely right that there isn’t really many resources for the family of sexually abused victims. I don’t think many people think about the effect that the abuse has on them. I have watched my mother, father and brothers all shed tears over what has happened to me and I see the heartbreak they have felt for me.

You only have to share how much to feel comfortable sharing, but my one major piece of advice would be to make sure your daughter is fully aware of your plans. Maybe even invite her to share in the process.

If you ever want to talk about this further, please let me know. I am more than happy to help or even just listen.

]]> By: Darleen Witmer http://ideallyspeaking.ca/2012/10/im-co-presenting-at-blissdom-canada/#comment-239 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:41:56 +0000 http://ideallyspeaking.ca/?p=169#comment-239 Hi … I didn’t get a chance to get to your microsession. It was on my list. I have wanted to talk about child sexual abuse, but from a different angle — from the mother’s point of view as I am a mother of a child that was sexually abused by a spouse of mine. My daughters and I lived through it together. There is a taboo about talking about and no real help for the mother either.

It is difficult to know how much to talk about.

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