Stand

By Debbie Williamson

Overcoming abuse with Grace and Dignity

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0980123402
• ISBN13: 9780980123401
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Souper Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Breaking the cycle of abuse...

My heart aches for Debbie Williamson. Abuse was inherited in her family. Three generations of women were brutalized; I wonder if there were more. When a child is abused, her/his future is changed and their children's future is changed. Debbie's uncle raped her. There are no other words to describe what he did. He brutally raped her. He will have to live this that knowledge for eternity. She withdrew into herself and lost all self-esteem. Her husband Joe was an abusive husband and father. I wanted to cheer when she finally left him. Eventually Debbie came to terms with herself. She came to recognize that it was not her fault. While Debbi discusses the abuse, her focus is on the healing. She attended therapy and with great courage, she persevered. Stand was written in an effort to assist others. Williamson is to be applauded. Victims of abuse will benefit from the retelling of her journey.

Couldn't put down book... great eye opener

- Very well written - Even if you can't relate book with real life events, it makes you realize this kind of stuff goes on and we should all be grateful for the gifts in our lifes - Highly recommended

Inspiring and Touching

Who a woman becomes is shaped by her early years. How a woman sees herself is a response to how people treat her, especially in her pubescence. Author, Debbie Williamson, relates the graphic depiction of how she saw herself when raped twice by her uncle at age nine: "be quiet, don't tell, go play, go to my bed, clean yourself up." One young man's selfish need catapulted this child into a life of growing awareness that abuse was a pattern in her mother line. Debbie determined to break the pattern of three generations, and she has done so! However, this isn't a story about rape. Rather, this is a journey of inspiration. The message is follow your dream! Debbie shares the journey of how early abuse impacts a women's life choices in marriage, work, parenting, and love. Debbie chose to seek help and break the prison her uncle built, and owned it as her own; therein was her key to freedom. She found extraordinary courage to disclose the incident up to her mother, and together they attended counseling, faced the rapist uncle and reached a place of forgiveness with each other. The message I took to heart is that Debbie developed an uncanny intuitive ability from the abuse experience. When she started listening to her inner strength, her life changed for the better. She always envisioned an image of her knight in shining armor, and when she met him, knew that God had answered her prayers for complete love in this life. Her story is empowering and inspiring, humbling and eye-opening. I recommend this biography for men and women who seek insight into the resilience and soul of human strength as their are lessons for each of us.

Stand by Debbie Williamson

I found this book to be a good read also. I couldn.t put the book down. It was sad, but it explained the road to self destruction and the long way back. I really enjoyed it.

I couldn't put it down..

I was drawn into the life of Debbie Williamson. I felt her pain and was rooting for her dreams to come true, to rise above the abuse and suffering. She shows others that you can walk away from generations of abuse and survive. I think that this book will touch the hearts of many, wither they were abused, or not. Truely inspiring.