I didn’t know the English idiom “Elephant in the room” *.

I called my web designer and friend, Con Raquel to do the design for www.iamsamfoundation.com. It was clear to her ‘iamsam’ is conviction to scream rights for women and children and therefore ‘public’; she knew too that this tunnel vision  was very personal. Con threw the question, “so…

The M. in S.A.M. stands for ‘MOM’. Stop Abuse Mom!

“When you protect, empower and respect the woman/mom,

you protect, empower and respect the child.”  … 

It was an isolated moment ruminating when those words flowed…

          I remember a reunion with a friend I knew for 20 years.  We dined at a restaurant and talked about our failed marriages, and the life we endured during our abusive relationships.  We chatted and drank and reminisced.  The wine was beginning to seep into our brains.

As…