Farrah C. Shellow is a native New Yorker who attended Long Island University where she graduated with her Bachelors in Psychology and minored in Human Services. She also proceeded on to her Masters in School Counseling and Family Therapy. She is now in pursuit of working towards her New York State Boards License in Mental Health Counseling. She hopes to open her own practice where she will be counseling and empowering women and children.Answering to the calling on life to minister through writing, Ms. Shellow determines to serve God the best way she can.
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A Woman’s Hurt 6/11/2009
Men don’t get her
Some of them even label her wrong
But God knows her heart
And why she has to be strong
She’s been through hell and back
Used and abused
Loved and then hurt
She trusted and believed
Only to end up mistrusting and deceived
Yeah, you name it
She has probably seen or been through it
And what does she have to show for it?
A broken, bitter, angry heart
Scared, tattered, torn
There are a few battle wounds
But she managed to hold her own
She managed to eventually wipe the tears from her eyes
Pick herself up, dust herself off and walk away
There were a few times she turned back around
“Just one more chance…the benefit of the doubt,” she said
Only to be disappointed and hurt again
So the final decision to walk away should no surprise
When you push a woman enough you can see it in her eyes
Once her mind is made up nothing can change it
No words or action can shape it
The outcome will remain the same
She is convinced that she has had enough and can’t deal with the pain anymore
The events alone make her drop her head in shame
It even causes her to point fingers and blame
To name names and describe their actions
Most times it’s harder to look in the mirror with satisfaction
The next time you meet a woman who seems too hard
You say a few lines and promises in hopes she tears down that wall
Realize what you’re asking
It’s not as easy as 1, 2, 3
Because what you’re really asking is for her to give up herself freely
To disregard all the pain and events she went through
To hope that you and your actions won’t hurt her too
To put faith and trust in you
And be blinded to what actions that you have planned for the both of you
Men, the next time you want to judge women…DON’T!
To understand her is to know her past
To care for her is to be in the present
To love her is to alter her future with your heart
To create is to be powerful and compliment one another
To have her completely is to accept, cherish, and guard her heart forever
To pray for her in times when she can’t even pray for herself
With the willingness and acceptance for a renewing of her heart
Then and only then can she heal from the past and move on from all others
Her testimony will touch the lives of sisters to follow
Farrah C. Shellow
