Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Lanaindiana, my hero.

I have been friends with Lanaindiana on YouTube and Twitter for two years. I subscribed to her blog on blogspot a while ago, and that blog gave me the courage to start my own. She writes mostly about beauty, and lately has written about her husband's battle with stage 4 cancer. I knew she spent time in an orphanage and in foster care, but for the past month or two she has been blogging about it, shaping what will become a book about surviving child abuse. It is strong stuff, troublesome reading that will tear your heart out, but Lana survived it. She just posted chapter 8, but 20 minutes of reading will catch you up with her story if you care to read it. If you want to see who Lana has become, and the success she's made of her life, her YouTube videos are not only a great resource for beauty tips and reviews, they are often hilarious. She is living, beautiful, powerful, proof that it's not what happens to you in life, it's what you do with it. Shine on, Lana, you're the best.
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4 comments:

  1. lanaDecember 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Thank you so much for the kind words.
    My childhood made me STRONG.
    My lack of love as a kid made me LOVE more.
    All I ever wanted as a kid was a FAMILY.
    I created my own and they are my life. YouTube has also become my family and having sweet sisters like you here are my soul.
    I LOVE you and your blog!
    Thank you for always being here. It means the world to me
    ~~Lana

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  2. JenaskDecember 29, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    I spent years working with and for survivors of sexual abuse. They taught me so much about being present, about empathy, about being gentle and about how to hold another's searing pain. I believe that shame can only grow in darkness so we must continue to shine a floodlight on the stories that survivors are courageous enough to share. I also believe that we grow in to who we are inspite of all we have been through, not because of it. My hope for the New Year is that we can learn more about how to and then become more gentle with ourselves. It is our birthright to have peace within us. And like Oprah says...."You are worthy because you were born."

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  3. greengreyeyesDecember 29, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Yes, Jen, how many abuse and neglect victims think they aren't worthy of better treatment? Because they are told they're not. It's heartbreaking.

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  4. JenaskDecember 29, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Sometimes they find themselves in consecutive bad or toxic relationships because they think they don't deserve more.

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