About a 6-8 months ago I had the pleasure to meet Secret Angel on WordPress. Â We connected through our blogs. Â Yet God always has a bigger plan doesn’t He? Â Angel and I have similar pasts and she is an amazing woman with an amazing testimony. Today is her book release of THEÂ WALKING WOUNDED. Â I had … Read more
The Daily Prompt is about Secrets. I wrote a song about SECRETS not too long ago.  There are so many things we try to bury.  Pretend they never happened. She carries her secrets around in a box, hides them in darkness keeps them locked… Shoves the box under the bed, some things are not meant to be said. ~Diana Rasmussen … Read more
Why we stay: trauma bonding. Wow, what a great post. I think that this is the hardest part for people who have not lived in abuse. Â They don’t understand. Â Trauma bonding. Stockholm Syndrome. the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor Call it what you … Read more
Castle of Fear – that’s where you live when you live with an Abuser. Looks pretty from the outside – but there is a dungeon on the inside – with chains, gates, and bars. And you are Rapunzel – trapped inside. Daily Prompt: Safety First Share the story of a time you felt unsafe. Photographers, artists, … Read more
I have recently been reminded of the fear that returns when you are being stalked. Â This is part of my story that I haven’t shared yet. Â After separating from an Abuser it is the most dangerous time for a woman who has been in an abusive relationship. Â And once we leave, the stalking begins. What … Read more
I remember a story my mom always used to tell me. Â She said,” Diana, how do you boil a frog?” I said, ” I don’t know.” She said, “A little at a time.” You see when we put the frog in the water it was cold water. It wasn’t hot, no reason to jump out. … Read more
NO MORE ©2013 Diana Rasmussen  Your love is hating All controlling suffocating asphyxiating My heart is aching tired of waiting You’re smothering It’s strangulating  No more, No More I refuse No more, No more I refuse  You throw words like swords piercing my world screaming the chords Your blind rage affords Done … Read more
Freedom – comes with a price. Â It’s not really free. Â It costs our military their lives sometimes, it cost Jesus his life. Â And my freedom, cost me a marriage 9or two). Â There were many posts I was not sure if I should write. Â It may have been easier to keep my mouth shut. Â Leave the … Read more
Daily Prompt: Fright Night Do you like being scared by books, films, and surprises? Describe the sensation of being scared, and why you love it — or don’t. I do not like being afraid.  I am not a ‘ride’ girl, skip the roller coasters and stuff.  And skip the horror flicks.  I guess it comes from … Read more
I had to laugh when I read today’s Daily Prompt: Daily Prompt: Mix Tape Masterpiece You make a new friend. Make them a mix tape (or playlist, for the younger folks) that tells them who you are through song. Photographers, artists, poets: show us MUSIC. That has been my mission, my goal so to speak.  I … Read more
Merry Go Round Copyright 2013 Diana Rasmussen Plastic horses With painted smiles Stuck on a pole Going up and down Repeatedly Traveling around In a circle Going nowhere Forever chasing Each other Without ever Reaching a Destination What’s so Merry about This go round? photo from: http://wallpaper-backgrounds.net/merry-go-round-wallpaper/
