The other day, while I was working hard on editing my book Break From You, I received an email from a close friend. It was a call for help for a charity she has been working closely with over the past year. She informed me that they were in desperate need of food for their shelter.
The charity- The Father Ed Judy House
The Father Ed Judy House is a semi-transitional housing program designed to help homeless women with children , the majority of which are also survivors of domestic violence, find stable housing.
Due to the tightening of state budgets, the hospital that provided meals for the Father Ed Judy House had to triple their prices. The Father Ed Judy House can no longer afford these meals and is reaching out to the community for help.
For more information on the Father Ed Judy House please visit their website at http://fejh.wordpress.com/
Deep in edits, I received this email, and I knew I had to help.
It takes a lot of strength to leave an abusive relationship, especially if you have no where to go. I couldn't image standing at the front door- a roof, food, warmth, clothing- all behind me, and nothing but the unknown in front of me. The Father Ed Judy House provides a place for women of domestic violence to go, so that they are not forced to go back to a unsafe relationship to be fed, clothed, and housed.
This Thursday, a group of us are providing soup and salad for the women of the Father Ed Judy House. I am bringing the bread and butter. (The bread, however, will be store bought instead of home made, since I don't like to bake and I'm allergic to gluten. Besides, store bought bread is a lot better than anything I could ever attempt to make.) And I am excited to help!
As I continue to press forward with the edits Break From You, a young adult novel about dating abuse, I think about Brooke's struggles. I also think about the struggles and heartaches the women of the Father Ed Judy House have endured. Please spread the word, and help your local charity!
If you would like to help, please contact the Father Ed Judy House or a local charity in your area. Let's join together and help those who are victims of domestic violence. Let's help them break from their pain and stop the cycle of abuse.
Break From You is almost ready for everyone to read. (a short synopsis below)
Break From You
Is love enough? Should
it hurt this much?
Brooke
Myers wants to believe she has it all: the perfect guy, the perfect
relationship, the perfect life. She wants to believe it so much, she’s willing
to overlook all the pain her boyfriend, Drew, has caused her and forgive him for it. She
always forgives. And she loves him. Her love for him has caused her to push
away her friends, and she has stopped doing the things she once enjoyed so that she can be
with him. She knows it isn’t right, but she keeps telling herself that love isn’t
always easy. Then she finds herself lost in the middle of a burning restaurant during homecoming dinner,
and it isn’t Drew that saves her but the new boy, Cooper West. She forms an
instant bond with Cooper, one Drew wouldn’t like. With the pain of a
concussion reminding her of how bad things can get, she is forced to
re-evaluate the abusive relationship she has with Drew and face the ghosts that
haunt her. She once believed love was all it took…but is it enough? Is it truly
love when you've lost yourself in it?
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