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Victim Impact

10 May 2013
Posted by LBinON  
Well I finaly managed to finninsh it. It took months and months, and ended up being three full pages. I re-wrote it 4 times but it is done and submitted.
Not only did I submmit it but the crown loved it. the CA on my case said it was extremly elequent and one of the most effective VIS she has ever seen!

which is great but... it means the...
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christmas

11 December 2012
Posted by LBinON  
Every year at Christmas time my mom would go nuts. Truly, completly basketville. She was stressed and miserable from mid November untill the end of the hoildays. She did it every year, it was so much a part of Christmas around our place that belive it or not I find that I am actually missing it.
If you had of asked me last year if this was...
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Hibernating and Coffee

16 November 2012
Posted by LBinON  
I am currently hibernating. To the point where I have unplugged my phone (for the last week)and am only checking email once every other day.

And You know what? I LOVE it! It has been so great to get some quiet and a time to be reflective. and It has let me enjoy thing too, like taking the time to have coffee with a girlfriend I only see 3...
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Hibernating and Coffee

16 November 2012
Posted by LBinON  
I am currently hibernating. To the point where I have unplugged my phone (for the last week)and am only checking email once every other day.

And You know what? I LOVE it! It has been so great to get some quiet and a time to be reflective. and It has let me enjoy thing too, like taking the time to have coffee with a girlfriend I only see 3...
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victim impact statment

07 November 2012
Posted by LBinON  
So they have asked me to write a VIS. and I know I need to but my big question is HOW?
How do I detail on paper all the ways this has changed my life? How do I find the words to determine just what his assult has cost me.
I know about breaking it in to the three sections (emotional, financial, physical) but the question is what goes where? Is...
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Birthday

06 November 2012
Posted by LBinON  
So today is my birthday.
It is the first one without my Mom.
It is the first time that I had to take my child out to buy my present.

Today hurts

But...
Today my brother called before 10am to wish me happy birthday.
I got wished "Happy Birthday" for the first time by my nephew.
My daughter brought my breakfast in bed that I...
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From: My Anger is EPIC!

24 October 2012
Posted by LBinON  
This blog was written earlier in the year, and I re-posted it here in an attempt to reconnect with my anger, so that I could try to figure out exactly what I was feeling. I find that sometimes. If I can't figure out how I am feeling, starting from an idntifiable feeling,(like anger)can help me figure out what else is going on.

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The Case

24 October 2012
Posted by LBinON  
Since I started the process of pressing charges, I have had some pretty bad days. But I am doing Ok today.

The case was in court recently for the first time. It was a day of discovery and thankfuly I was not required to be there. I can't quite figure out how I feel about it though. Part of me is exetactic that things are finally...
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Catching Up – The Airport

19 September 2012
Posted by LBinON  
SO I went on a trip. A big trip. With my daughter, and my boyfriend. And it went great. The trip was amazing, and we have already booked again for next year. The best time ever. How ever…

Now first let me say I love my boyfriend and I can’t imagine life without him, that he is the dearest kindest, most supportive, patient guy in the whole...
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Catching Up – The Arrest

19 September 2012
Posted by LBinON  
Ok, I have a LOT to cover. It has been a while since I posted and I have been busy, there is the cruise and the arrest just to hit the highlights.

So I figured I would start with the arrest. Part of the reason I am starting with the arrest is to get it over with, part of it is because it seems like the biggest thing that has happened to me in a...
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Telling my Brother

19 September 2012
Posted by LBinON  
A big part of the reason I told you about my big brother in my last post is that I recently told him about what happen to me all those years ago, and I wanted to share my thoughts about that with you.
It occurred to me the other day that I had to tell my brother about this stuff. I am in the process now of pressing charges and we are at the funny...
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hang on...

06 September 2012
Posted by LBinON  
I will be away from the sight until the 17th or so for a big trip. to share when I get back

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The Arrest

04 September 2012
Posted by LBinON  
Well for the past several days I have been waiting on the arrest. It was originaly schedualed for Sunday but has now been bumped to Wednesday or Thursday. I don't even know how I feel about it. one minute I feel extatic and the next I am so nervous about what comes next.
I can't even seem to finds the words to disscuss anything right...
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My Brother

28 August 2012
Posted by LBinON  
Those of you who are following along may have noticed that I have a brother, I actually have two but it is my big brother I am closest to. My Younger brother is young enough to be my own child and we were raised in different houses, so it just never gelled the same way, I love him, but when I say my brother, 90% of the time I mean my big brother...
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The Cruise

28 August 2012
Posted by LBinON  
At the beginning of September my boyfriend and I are taking my daughter on a seven night cruise, a Disney Cruise. I have been planning this for the better part of a year and we are down to the final count, and I have managed to keep it a surprise for my daughter. I was going to tell my girl the first day she was back from her dad’s, give her the...
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