Current Efforts and Some Encouragement

This is an update on our ongoing efforts to provide the visitors to this site with pertinent and helpful information so as to support and reinforce the efforts of many of you to stop being a victim and instead, evolve into survivors of Domestic Violence.

Since beginning this site, we have literally reviewed hundreds of web sites on the topic of Domestic Violence. We have done this for two reasons: 1. to bring you the most current information, ideas, and experiences of others that might be in your situation, so that you can find this site to be an on-going source of inspiration as you go through the healing process, and 2. to "prime the pump" so to speak, in an effort to encourage you to communicate with one another and begin an on-going dialog of your experiences and feelings, in an effort to help one another heal.

As we look at, and review the available websites, we find that these take the approach of providing data and statistics, or they give a basic information, such as defining DV or telling us how to recognize it, or what steps to take when we encounter it. There are lots of sites that are "hot lines" that give us many links for help. There are lots of sites that are oriented to their local area and which offer help, shelter, etc., in that local area. These are all well intentioned, good, important, and helpful sites. And in addition, there's lots of horror stories to read. But after awhile one gets tired of reading the same things over and over again.

We will continue to fulfill our stated goal of trying to identify and bring you the very best of these sites so that you can be guided to this type of help without having to spend days and weeks sorting through the thousands of sites available.

This site however, is unique, in that it is the only one we have seen that is trying to be a place where all of you can come with the sole purpose of communicating with one another, and thereby providing each other with the support, encouragement, understanding, ideas, etc., that can only come from those that, "have been there", or are "currently there".

There is real power in victims and survivors communicating with one another. There is healing that can and will take place in no other way. JTS cannot do this for you. I haven't been where you are, or have been. You must be willing to share with one another. Tell us your stories, make comments to others, ask questions and read the answers.

We hope you will forgive the periods of time that goes by between posts. We are doing our best to find and give you links to worthwhile sites and information. Our hope is that you will catch the vision of this site and begin to talk to one another on a regular and frequent basis with your comments to each individual post, or by using the open forum located at the top of the right hand column and just communicate in general, ask questions and react to whatever is going on in your lives. Then read what others have to say and consider the advise they may have for you.

Again, we hope this site will be of value to you in your quest to either help yourself, help others, or both. Also, any suggestions you have for us are always welcome.

JTS