

I so set my heart to go but the wedding of the son of a dear friend in Djakarta was on the same weekend.

Checking out her website, I found out that she hosts an annual Clarity Weekend in May in Northern California. It was so helpful for my healing and recovery. It was only then that I truly understood what I went through. I typed the whole book, 180 pages in a Word file to be able to read and importantly, finish it. I finally picked up the book in September 2010 as I needed to work on the conceptual framework of the I AM SAM Prevention Protocol. It blew my mind and wished I read it much earlier. I instructed the mentors in my school to adopt and teach it to the children. Her first brochure, “Abuse is More Than Hitting”, had “Basic Rights in a Relationship by Patricia Evans”.

Unperturbed, she went on to create her Merci Melchor for Battered Women brochures. I looked Mom lovingly and told her rather exhausted, “Mom, do you really think I would like to read this now?”. Mom gave me her book, Verbally Abusive Relationship in 2003. It was Mom who introduced me to Patricia Evans.
