A Million Miles Ago, the Journey Continues
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Countless people all over the world suffer from the aftermath of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
Mothers have lost their children to drugs, alcohol, prisons and even death.
Children abandoned by runaway parents; parents who have left their children to the mercy of a world that has no mercy.
Thousands of homeless people struggle to survive in our country while thousands more are incarcerated in jails and prisons.
America’s military men and women fight in wars around the world to keep our nation free, while we stay bound by our own private wars.
Hospitals are overflowing with the sick and dying, teenagers have turned to drugs, gangs and violence.
Suicide is at the top of the list for death among teenagers. Wedding vows are no longer sacred, while divorce is rampant.
Thousands become addicted to prescription drugs while counselors search for new ways to help their patients cope with the cares of life.
Life is so full of hardships and disappointments, until we are overwhelmed and feel helpless in the middle of it all. I too, have been in most of these places. I have known poverty, been beaten, battered, sexually molested, cursed, suicidal, abandoned, divorced and near death. I am a living testament of the power of God to set people free from the addictions and the traumas of a troubled life. My hope is that my story will be an encouragement to those who have walked through the same storms that I have walked.
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Suicide is at the top of the list for death among teenagers. Wedding vows are no longer sacred, while divorce is rampant. Thousands become addicted to prescription drugs while counselors search for new ways to help their patients cope with the cares of life. You may be one of these and maybe you feel you cannot go on; your heart breaks from the loss of a child; all you have left are memories and a question, “Why?”
Maybe you feel ashamed and degraded because of rape or sexual abuse; you carry the burden of shame and confusion until it weighs you down. Maybe you have been through a divorce; you feel like a failure or a reject; you turned to drugs or alcohol or some other substance, just to get through the disappointments life has dealt you. Yet you find that nothing works and you want to swallow the whole bottle of pills the doctor gave you, so you won’t have to wake up to another sad day.
Maybe you are in a jail or prison, locked away from society for making bad choices. You have broken the rules and it is payday, but the cost is too high and you do not know how you will ever pay it. You may be a battered wife, with little children at your feet and you cannot find a way out. You may be a drug addict, with a need you cannot fill or an alcoholic with a thirst you cannot quench. You were told you will always be an addict and now you feel helpless.
I too have been in most of these places in my life. I share my story in hopes that I may help someone else find peace in the midst of his or her own personal storm.
About the Author
Mae Black Buckel, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta has been writing poems since the age of twelve. Her words come from the depths of her heart with compassion. Inspired by life’s experiences she writes about faith, hope and strength. Mae’s words are soft and warm but ever so powerful. Her poems have appeared on the Internet and in Anthologies, News papers, and Magazines in the United States and the UK, and has also been circulated among our troops overseas and has become suggested reading in churches and hospitals in many areas of our country. Many of her songs have received airplay around the world.
Mae says she writes about things “not as they are, but the way they can be,” and hopes as she shares her story and gift with others, they will be inspired to make appropriate changes where needed to better their lives and the lives of others.
Mae is mother of seven children, Grandmother of 18. She now resides in California.