Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h92MgwV08787; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:42:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:42:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000001c38936$b1efd4f0$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2728] RE: Adult literacy and domestic violence, X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 40 Hmmm ... this reminds me a little of when my partner was diagnosed with cancer. It became a fact of life, something that we were just living with. But talking with others about it was always dicey -- some of them would get these huge eyes, wide with horror, while others started talking nervously about others they knew who had cancer, or the latest miracle cure they had just read about, or how important it was to have a good attitude -- a lot of reactions that had nothing to do with our reality but with their own fears, generally. And you're right, the result was generally distance rather than closeness. It's so important to stay open to others' experiences and realities, to be willing to face our own fears and get past them. ------- Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Program Manager Family Literacy Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of AWilder106@aol.com Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2727] RE: Adult literacy and domestic violence, Dear Sylvan, It is the reaction of others that is so stunning, it's disbelief or cringing. One of my friends who didn't pull away was herself taken by an aunt to be a prostitute when she was a child. Sharing? It can be quite lonely when the consequences aren't closeness but distance. Thanks for writing. Andrea
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