Hello everyone!! This is episode #10 and this the last episode for the season #1. I (Ranee) am taking a break from the podcast to take care of some other things regarding my journey to health and healing. Treasures For Trauma, Inc. will return after the first of the year (2021) with new ideas and topics. See you in 2021! Stay safe and be well.  -Ranee Jones 

Now... Let's Talk About Love For Survivors

Let's talk about being so hurt, confused, toxic, and angry... So, broken that we are only capable of hurting others as a safety guard to protect ourselves and to satisfy our skewed perspective about the opposite sex

Let's talk about how some of us were poison with malicious intentions for any romantic connections

Let's talk about how we afforded others chances to hurt us in relationships, because that's what we thought we had to accept to have and maintain romantic relationships

Let's talk about being so hurt and disappointed in the opposite sex that we quit on the possibilities of Love altogether

Let's talk about doing the hard work to get the rewards on our journeys to health and healing

Let's talk about the possibilities of allowing ourselves to become vulnerable

Let's talk about the possibilities of practicing gaining trust and at some point walking therein

Let's talk about the possibilities of affording another fallible human being the opportunity to misuse the power we would give them when we place our Love in their care to hurt us to our cores or Love us to life

Let's talk about not having superior-inferior romantic connections

Let's talk about how some of us simply could not and cannot attach ourselves to someone who does not see us as their equals

For me, playing house is not an option. You know...boy meets girl, and she suffers silently because she loses everything she ever was and hoped to be in that connection. For me, that would be simply trading one abuse/trauma to gain another. No thanks!

I would need the romantic connection to be two real people with a strong desire to work at open and great communication. This would have to be a real relationship of mature and mutual love, respect, and commitment.

I am in no rush (at all). Perhaps, in time God will say, “Yes and amen to the possibility of real love for me.” Although, I am opening up to the idea, no matter how things play out in the romance arena for me, I will continue preparing myself to be the best possible me I can be for God's purposes and for myself (because no matter where I go, I will always live with me - and as I progress I want very much to continue to like me).

Today, like never before, I am merely awakened and open to the plans God has for me – whatever they are.

See you inside. - Ranee  

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