Personal Growth

Today marks the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, a movie that promotes sexual violence as an acceptable form of love. It’s not love, it’s abuse.

Protect your innocence and refuse to watch this movie. As a wife I would not want my husband to watch porn, so why would it be ok if I did. I choose to support real love, not violence, manipulation, self-interest, and abuse. I’m saying #nogreynoway and #yestofreedom!

Support the movement by:

Refusing to watch or read 50 Shades of Grey.
Post a black & white selfie with a sign stating #NOGREYNOWAY on your social media platform.
Donate the price of a movie ticket to help free those from sexual slavery. Donate Here.
Say NO to anything that is less than love. Love is not grey, it is black and white.

The real truth about #50ShadesOfGrey. It’s not love, it’s abuse. #NoGreyNoWay pic.twitter.com/3p5QRVrXXj
— #NoGreyNoWay (@NoGrey_NoWay) February 8, 2015

I refuse to consider lust as love. Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13), not abusive and manipulative. #NoGreyNoWay — Jill Coyne (@jillkcoyne) February 11, 2015

“40% percent of abused women indicated that their partner used violent pornography.” – The Center For Cognitive Therapy #NoGreyNoWay — Kristin Adams 🙂 (@kristinadamstv) February 7, 2015

Shelters and cemeteries are filled with women who met their own Christian Grey. #50ShadesofAbuse #NoGreyNoWay — Luna Amethyst Grimm (@MrsCadaverous) February 12, 2015

Since it is the month of love, what better story to tell than my own engagement story. Let’s just say it didn’t go quite as planned…

It was a beautiful April morning and Chad decided that we should go rock climbing. I agreed and we set out to conquer the 450′ tall Independence Monument.

There were 4 pitches to climb and we made it to the top fairly easily. Just another fun day rock climbing!

Once we were at the top we enjoyed the views for a few moments before Chad got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was a little shocked and mortified that my hands were covered in chalk dust. I of course said “YES!” and then Chad proceeded to pull out a small bottle of sparkling apple cider from his backpack. We wrote our romantic story in the trail registry book that sits on top of the rock. We celebrated for a few moments and then realized the sun was starting to set so we better get a move on.

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