The NO MORE campaign first launched in 2014, and each year at Stepping Stones, we support the NO MORE movement as we continue our mission to end all forms of abuse and victimization in our community.
While these topics have been highlighted recently in the media, it’s not a new issue. For 38 years, families have been coming to Stepping Stones to say NO MORE to abuse and work toward healthy futures. Choosing to say NO MORE is not an easy thing to do. It requires someone to let go of many things that they cannot control and choose to focus on the areas in their lives they have the power to change. Families who come to Stepping Stones take an honest self-inventory of their life in order to see what areas they can address so they can move forward and break free of all forms of victimization.
Will you join us in saying NO MORE domestic violence and sexual assault in our community? You can fill out one of our NO MORE posters at any of our locations, share with us online here, or tell us why on our Facebook page!
Poem from a shelter resident: “I said NO MORE”
After years of abuse starting with no self-value from my parents, then on to an abusive boyfriend that I ended up marrying…I guess he decided he could do anything he wanted to his wife including rape, hitting, and cheating…to husband #2 that drank, and number #3 that cheated and didn’t like my 2 daughters, I gave him 2 sons, and he decided to take them from me.
I decided I needed to like myself better and find a more positive life…counseling, Al-Anon, positive friends, people that were my strengths, finding a church, loving my kids and being a better parent….wow, that’s a lot of work..and it works…all of it…believe in yourself…you are a good person, look in the mirror and tell yourself that every day. I am now a senior citizen and I like being respected, and loved by my family and friends. I made it…you can too…you have a long life ahead of yourself…take care of you, your mind, your health, yourself…your children need a healthy parent…it’s of utmost importance that you teach your children to love themselves and know they are important in every way…don’t tell one you wish they would be more like their sibling…it will tear them down….give them value and self-worth. Make them ambitious and know that life is good….hell is what you create for yourself on earth…don’t make them live it or what you went thru. Treat people how you want to be treated…be safe….and above all– God does really love all his people. Thanks for listening.