This is a time unlike any other. As a pandemic sweeps the world, we are forever affected by it. As we practice safe distancing and reflect, we are forced to look at ourselves and our lives differently. Using that time wisely gives us a powerful opportunity. We have the ability to decide how we are going to move forward. We have an opportunity to reconnect with the power within us to choose what serves us, to discard what doesn’t, and to create a new beginning – a rebirth - of ourselves and the caring community that we want to become. Just as spring starts to bloom, Easter Sunday can be a time to reflect and even resurrect our hope for a better, safer, happier, life. Here, I share the meaning of Easter as it relates to the role that faith has had in my life, as well as recommendations on how to stay safe from your abuser during this viral outbreak, when personal support resources are so seemingly low.

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