Let's Wrap - Redwood County

Since July 1 through February 17, WRAP of Redwood County has worked with 36 women and 55 children. This is around the same number of people that we worked with by this time last year. Staff also had meetings with the probation officers, court administration, and the judge. Thank you to those who met with me and for taking the time to do so. We also have a support group with two women attending. The group is Wednesdays from 1 to 3 pm. More members are welcome.

VOLUNTEERS

WRAP of Redwood County needs volunteers very badly. Right now we are dependent on the WRAP office in Lyon County to provide weekend on-call volunteers. I know that Redwood County has many wonderful, giving people in it. We have had some wonderful volunteers in the past here. Please, if anyone has even thought about volunteering to help battered women, give me a call and we can talk. The WRAP office provides all the training volunteer advocates need. It is a fun and rewarding experience.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Does anyone need a speaker for a club meeting or church gathering? I have experience presenting to all sorts of groups about domestic violence and related topics. I can speak from fifteen minutes up to an hour (or more if desired). WRAP also has a number of training videos around 1/2 hour long dealing with domestic violence that are very informative. Again, feel free to give me a call if you are interested in having a speaker.

THANK YOU

Finally, I would like to thank the Redwood Area United Way for their contribution to WRAP of Redwood County. I would also like to thank the Redwood Women of Today for donating items for battered women who need safehousing. WRAP is always in need of donations - both money and supplies.

In Peace, Val

Every Woman Deserves a Poem
by River Malcolm

I want to tell you how beautiful you are
in such a true and unforgettable way
that you will never doubt again.
It will be as though through the lens of the poem
you will suddenly see: yourself, truly
the whole of you, naked.

It will be as though you are walking alone
in the woods when a great blue heron lifts
into the air, or a single wild orchid blooms,
or the moon shines down on the still water,
and it is enough.
Your heart stops.
You are left
grateful, simply for being alive.

It will be your own beauty this time
taking you so suddenly and by surprise,
the mysterious beauty of your entire life
carefully inscribed in your body.

It will be as though the poem becomes
your dream lover, caresses your skin
with absolute tenderness, lights up
with its touch every cell in your body,
enters you with a gasp of astonished desire,
plunges deep into the secret
at the center of who you are.

Reprinted by permission.

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