{"id":1345,"date":"2010-02-12T20:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T00:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jkoolfrog.com\/sticks_stones\/?page_id=1345"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:34:08","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Lamplighter Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t<!-- MasterSlider -->\n\t\t<div id=\"P_MS6a8174ac3c216\" class=\"master-slider-parent msl ms-parent-id-2\" style=\"max-width:600px;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- MasterSlider Main -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"MS6a8174ac3c216\" class=\"master-slider ms-skin-default\" >\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stork2.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/abuse-victim-profile-2\/\">Abuse Victim Profile<\/a><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\"Entering Planet Earth\"<br \/>Joys on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OF RECOVERY wait for you.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Illustrations by Tom McKinnon<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/handstand.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/abuse-victim-profile-2\/\">Abuse Victim Profile<\/a><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\"Happy at First\"<br \/>Joys on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OF RECOVERY wait for you. <br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Illustrations by Tom McKinnon<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/liontigerbear1.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a 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center;\"><strong>Punch a hole in the darkness!!<br \/>\nBecome a Lamplighter, a light in the world\u00a0of child abuse.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/start-a-group\/\">Start a chapter in your area.<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Provide a &#8220;home away from home&#8221; for other survivors,\u00a0a safe place where they can tell their story. Support for adult survivors of child sexual abuse incest, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are looking for a chapter in your area that may or may not still be functioning, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/the-repair-program\/chapter-locations-2\/\">Chapter Locations page<\/a> to see if there is a chapter listed for your area and email the facilitator to see if they are doing Zoom meetings or not If you are interested in starting a chapter please let me know and I will help you set one up. My email address is <a href=\"mailto:margie@thelamplighters.org\">margie@thelamplighters.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WE NEED AN ARMY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EXCITING NEW INFORMATION ON THE LAMPLIGHTER MOVEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 9, 2025: We have another new chapter starting up in Temecula, CA. Kristy Jones is the facilitator. You can email her at kristy@davislabs.com for information on the location, days and time. Kristy says she welcomes men, women and children to this new chapter. Congratulations to our Temecula chapter.<\/p>\n<p>We have another new chapter. This one is in Richmond, Virginia. They can be reached for information at <a href=\"mailto:healing1dayatatime@outlook.com\">healing1dayatatime@outlook.com<\/a>. Congratulations to the new Richmond chapter!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have a new Children&#8217;s Chapter in Mwanza, Tanzania. The facilitator is Sophia Assenga and she can be reached for information at <a href=\"mailto:sophia.assenga10@gmail.com\">sophia.assenga10@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have a new chapter starting in Highland Park, Michigan. The facilitator is Jeanetta Brown and you can email her at <a href=\"mailto:thelighthousecc@gmail.com\">thelighthousecc@gmail.com<\/a>. The first meeting will be on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 7:00 pm at the &#8220;Lots of Knowledge&#8221; Literacy Garden,\u00a0 288 Eason Street.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/repair-your-life-2\/\">REPAIR page<\/a> on this website to discover how you too can become the happiest person you know.\u00a0 Order a copy of <em>REPAIR Your Life<\/em> and begin the work. We also have <em>REPAIR for Kids, REPAIR for Teens, REPAIR Your Life Workbook, REPAIR for Toddlers<\/em> and a post recovery book called <em>It&#8217;s Your Choice! Decisions That Will Change Your Life.<\/em> All are available on amazon.com as well as all websites for book distributions and our publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhpress.com\">Loving Healing Press&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We must all stand together so that none must stand alone!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6227\" src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/I-Never-Heard-A-Robin-Sing-final-Book-cover-small-size-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/I-Never-Heard-A-Robin-Sing-final-Book-cover-small-size-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/I-Never-Heard-A-Robin-Sing-final-Book-cover-small-size.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/marjoriewrites\/i-never-heard-a-robin-sing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>I Never Heard A Robin Sing<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My memoir, with a five-star review by Dr. Vincent Felitti, is now available<br \/>\nin paperback on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Never-Heard-Robin-Sing-ebook\/dp\/B00HZYAWD4\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=I+never+heard+a+robin+sing&amp;qid=1579119663&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amazon.com<\/a> and all other online book stores.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My recovery poems have all been compiled into a book called <br \/>\n<em>Odyssey, A Spiritual Journey<\/em>.<br \/>\nPlease read the newest entry in my <a href=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/my-poetry-corner\/\"><strong>Poetry Corner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5268 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/owl-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Working the Program\" width=\"256\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/owl-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelamplighters.org\/llblog01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/owl.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>My life is but a weaving between my God and me; I do not choose the colors He worketh steadily.\u00a0<\/em><em>Oftimes He weaveth sorrow and I in foolish pride forget He sees the upper and I the underside.\u00a0<\/em><em>Not till the loom is silent and shuttles cease to fly will God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why.\u00a0<\/em><em>The dark threads are as needful in the skillful weaver\u2019s hand <\/em><em>a<\/em><em>s the threads of gold and silver <\/em><em>in the pattern He has planned.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to be happy change the sail not the wind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>All illustrations by Tom W. 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