Domestic Awareness

October is Domestic Awareness Month! We wear the purple hearts for many reasons, but for me it’s personal and for those that continue to go through abuse. Love is a statement that is followed by action.

I was looking on YouTube a couple of weeks ago and Kirk Franklin said something so interesting that had me wondering. He said that “Love is a muscle that has to be trained” Deep Thoughts Right!! For me it meant that you have to train a person in love! This starts at birth. We love on our kids and cherish them so much. However, what if a child is raised in dysfunction or raised with parents that do not love them? What if that child grows to carry that hurt, that burden, that trauma into their adult lives? Now Kirk stated that he took his pain and made music which is beautiful. But what if some people take that hurt and hurt others? Or take that pain and release that same pain towards others.

In other cases, some people are just born with a mental illness and never received the help for it. Do you think that makes you a savior? I’m here to tell you, it does not! Even with mental illness, people are constantly fighting battles with themselves on a daily basis.

Being hit by someone that says they “LOVE” you is NOT love at all. In some weird way we still think they love us because they say their sorry and it will not happen again, but it always does.

The Bible says “to train up a child in the way that he/she should go and when they are older they will not depart from it. How are you trained? Or how do you train your child up? Think about it for a minute.

Domestic Violence is not only placing your hands on someone (physically), but it is also psychological or emotional abuse, child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, financial and material abuse, and yes there is even spiritual abuse.

If you know someone that is in a domestic situation or even if you are in a domestic violence situation, please call

The National Domestic Hotline at

800-799-7233 or TEXT 88788

You are not alone!