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About me - Samantha Pratt-Tyler

Hi! I am the Channel Steward for Museums and Galleries.

I am a mother of two adult children and a grandmother to 4.

love nature, and being on the pier of the lake is a favorite spot of mine.

I am a Christian, and am a Biblical Counselor, my dream, even late

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The top 10 things you want to do in your life: 10 of 287
The Top Ten Things I Want to Do In My LifeWhen you are young you think life will last forever, you never think you are not invincible and that nothing bad can happen to you, it is always happening to someone else, but never to you. But faced at an early age with RA, degenerative disk disease and then in my 40's asthma, and th... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Unshakeable foundation: 1 of 18
Jesus Christ Is the Unshakable FoundationDo you see that girl,she seems so lost and alone.As the rain falls down from above,see she stands there looking up.Not knowing where to turn toto end the pain that causes herto be oblivious of the rain.A rainbow breaks through the cloudsand the rain, it's brilliance in it'scolors are a... More..
Sciences > Psychology Understanding dissociative identity disorder: 1 of 12
The DSM-IV section 300. 14, Dissociative Identity Disorder has identity markers that are not daydreaming or imagination. The DSM is the book psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists refer to when they want to look up a mental illness or treatment of an illness. It tells them what to look for in a person showing symptoms o... More..
Entertainment > Television (Other) Should drug commercials be banned?: 1 of 11
Drug Commercials Should Be Banned Most people are finding out about "new" diseases every day and the drugs that can treat them. It is really getting to the point that I feel the FDA should just pull all drug ads.Half of them don't tell the real story about the disease or briefly skim it and the other half tells you but the si... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Already dead inside: 2 of 21
Loss of innocence at an early ageYou took what people say is sacredBut what you took was a part of meMy life was forever altered in a few secondsNo longer fitting in with those of my ageI am alone, depressed and numbI feel nothing for there is nothing to feel, I have deadened myself to the world, to those around meI am no lon... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Child abuse: 28 of 216
THE CHILD OF ABUSEThe child cries out"what have I done wrong"?Verbally, emotionally, physically and sexually assaulted.What have I done that is so bad?The child assume the "punishment" is deservedInternalizes all the negative harsh words and actions.Self worth plummets, it is down to zero. Self loathing, escalates it is up to... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Could Christianity survive without the Bible?: 12 of 86
I believe Christianity could survive without the Bible. Before 33 A.D. and the men at the Nicea convention got together to decide what would be put into the Bible there were just copies of writings, and oral presentations of what the Bible would become when the first written King James Version came to be in 1610. God spoke t... More..
Health & Fitness > Mental Health (Other) Multiple personalities and the roles they play within the same person: 1 of 7
As a child I remember dissociating and I remember a closet full of toys and playing with them, except they never existed but I was put in that closet. I remember being told I was a liar and knowing I was not guilty of what I was being accused. I heard voices in my head, I thought it was normal, that maybe it was me talking to... More..
Arts & Humanities > British Authors Literary Analysis: Harry Potter and Christian parallels: 1 of 7
I am a Christian and imagine my concern when my son and grandson told me they were reading Harry Potter books. At first I freaked, then I decided to check what was really being written in the series of Harry Potter books. It is better to know one's enemy than to go into battle unprepared, and for Christians, it is a spiritual... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Dysfunction Family: Betrayal of lies by family members: 3 of 20
Betrayal of lies by family members.As I teen I was shocked that after being raped, my family built a world around lies a world that destroyed my life for many many years to come.My siblings were told I was "not a good role model" and they could not talk to me.I was further hurt and shocked when my family turned my aunts and u... More..