Courage to Change

  https://www.amazon.com/Brutal-Legacy-Memoir-Tracy-Going-ebook/dp/B0862FSZCK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Brutal+Legacy+tracy+going&qid=1603868545&sr=8-1 Brutal Legacy By Tracy Going Tracy Going, a former TV and Radio personality’s life was thrown into disarray when she found herself caught up in a violent, abusive relationship. He was everything she thought she wanted; charming and successful – but none of it was real and five months later she staggered into the police station battered and bruised. A short relationship became a two-and-a-half-year legal ordeal that played out in the public eye. The damages were lasting. This book is the journey into her past and trying to break the cycle of abuse in her life. Tracy writes about making the decision as a child that she would never be a ‘battered’ woman like her mother yet at the age of thirty, at the height of a burgeoning career, she became a victim.   She takes us through the harrowing court process a...

WE CAN ONLY CHANGE OURSELVES, NOT ANYONE ELSE   AA and Al-Anon groups pray the Serenity Prayer below: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The Courage to Change the things I can And the Wisdom to know the difference In the kitchen of my childhood home, hanging on the wall behind the kitchen table, was a tray printed with those words. Although I read it often  and committed it to memory, I didn't really understand the significance or meaning of the words in my youth. Frankly, I had no idea what things I could change, most likely because I was being raised by a very angry narcissistic mother. I tip-toed around her trying to avoid her wrath and I became the "invisible" child, and codependent. I had no voice and lived in complete fear. Courage was not a word I could relate to. I share here an anonymous version of the Serenity Prayer which really speaks to me. It's specifically written for Codependent people: God grant me the serenity to accept th...