Mia Mattsson Mercer

Children and Animal Warrior

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Giving the Young Ones a Moment

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Questions have been many, am I still volunteering helping young people with broken hearts.

Yes, every week, and mostly every day. I am a support person they can talk to.

Not to solve, to listen.

Together with amazing psychologists which also volunteers, we become a very important support network.

Now, they asked me to tell their stories, and in a positive way. (that’s a big challenge but I will do my very best)

I am honored by their trust and how brave they are.

“We have seen how you can tell animal-stories which are sad into an inspiring educational way.” were their words.

I hope I can make their stories justice, and most of all, inspiring. I am grateful and thankful for this opportunity ❤️ That’s Amore!

You know who you are ❣️ Thank you.

My Body Belongs to Me

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The little girl with her thin blond hair sat on the cold wooden floor, protected by the darkness. The demon’s back glowed by the light from the moon, shiny and white, apart from some big moles that looked as if brown mud had been thrown at him.

The demon didn’t know that it was only her shell that he ravaged. He stroked her soft skin with his rough working hands. It felt like sandpaper to her sensitive skin. To survive, she had to leave her body. Leave her body from the pain and degradation, but the memories would always find their way into her subconscious.

The demon was not a fantasy. He was real! He was alive. He breathed, talked, and pledged his love. But the most important thing that he told her; it was their secret.

He was someone she knew. She had been taught to never follow strangers, only to trust them she knew.  And so she did.

Always talk to young children and teach them the differences between, “good touching, bad touching and secret touching.” But also for them to say “Stop! Its my body!” from relatives, to friends, to strangers……..no one.

That’s Amore!

No to Smacks

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I bought this T shirt when I visited the big “Prevent Child Abuse” conference in North Carolina 2002.

We know that frustration and fear can often grow into abusive behavior. Verbally and physically.

It gives me the chill when I hear people defending their actions smacking a child (or women) It gives me the chill when I see riders using unnecessary whips smacking (and that makes them many times pull one rein, horse bit yank). “Use your legs!” I want to shout.

But then I can in many cases recognize the person I know the persons family history, where yelling and hitting are common. “You do what you know!said the psychologist. What you are being taught! she continued saying — Not an excuse, however an understanding to why. Hopefully we can catch that and help the person finding other solutions.

Same goes with protection of children.

I don’t think anyone wants to be Angry and frustrated. Inner peace and harmony, are the awareness tools to stop abusing those who are not being heard. (Or seen)

That’s Amore!

No one Should

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The mind replays what the heart can't delete