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Dance Beyond The Shadows
autobiography by Rosemary J. Richards
About Rose
- Rosemary J. Richards
- Rosemary Richards is a proud wife, mother of six, grandmother of twelve and is also proud to be a sister, aunt, friend, and retired Licensed Practical Nurse who worked in the field for 43 years.
2 comments:
I knew that something had to have occurred throughout your lifetime to make you such a strong and independant woman. In reading your book I now feel like I'm beginning to understand simply why you are the way you are.
Although my life has been short in years your book has helped me to reflect upon those years. I now look into the past to see how events and people have effected my life. Your book also helps me to look into the future to see the potential that I have as a student, friend, daughter, sister, lover, and simply put, as a human being.
I commend you for all that you have gone through and for simply writing down your story. Your life is an inspiration to all that surround you and now has the possibility to be an inspiration to people around the world!
Much love to you!
Nikki
“Dance Beyond the Shadows” is truly a book that will open your minds eye and heart to what we may not see or may not be willing to see in everyday life. Abuse is ever present in all societies, in all walks of life, in all religions, in all parts of the world, and it is true life stories, such as Rose’s, that bring it out into the open to be exposed, dealt with, and remembered. When it is forgotten is when the battle against abuse is lost.
Rose is my mother. She took me in when I was five. She was greatly challenged by this small, aggressive, angry child, in addition to her own complexities of life, although she never gave up trying to move forward. Each of us that are abused has our own mountains to climb. When those that are abused can climb that mountain with you and give you the strength to continue moving forward regardless of their own challenges, that is when you know that individual is truly remarkable. It was not until this book that I truly understood the depth of her life. There are those that will never understand a life of abuse; there are those that will ignore it; there are those that will refuse to believe that it exists; there are those that will think it cannot exist without a person “allowing” it to exist; and there are those that will try to analyze it. Each of us that are abused accept it different ways, learn from it in different ways, and share it in different ways. Rose has chosen a path that is her own and has chosen to share her healing with the world. My mother was and continues to be my inspiration, my need to always move forward, and to “dance beyond the shadows”.
Thank you for sharing your life with me...I love you, Mother.
Suzette R. Murphy
Credentials:
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from SUNY Plattsburgh State University
• Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
• Associate of Arts Degree from Adirondack Community College
• Child Development Associate Credential
• Born to Learn Credential-Prenatal to Kindergarten Entry
• Social Service Competency Based Training Credential
• Head Start Family Partnerships Coordinator- worked for Head Start in several different capacities for the last sixteen years
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