Join me for an intimate chat about my books and work to stop and prevent child abuse since 2009. I recently revised the books to ebook PDF versions only and they will only be available on my Lulu spotlight page. I am offering them for free to anyone who wants to read about my story of growing up abused and the consequences of family violence, domestic abuse, and family dysfunction. All of the books are graphic, and One Child Abuse Survivor 2 Another: The Journey is an adult book and not for children or minors under the age of 18 years old. I have placed an explicit warning on that book from the beginning in 2012. It is an adult book and contains sexually explicit material about the child rape I suffered at age 8 by a family member. If you are a minor and you want to read this book, please have an adult family member or teacher read it first to see if it is age appropriate for you. A Life of Death: The Redemption - A True Story of Growing Up Abused and La Veta Juvies contain violent themes of abuse, drug abuse, violence and suicide. My books are not for children. I own the copyright for all of my books and there is no ISBN associated with these versions. Please feel free to download them and read them, share them etc. It was my hope to be one more voice out here speaking, writing, and standing up for TRUTH, and speaking out against evil and child abuse, and all human rights abuses. I wanted to add my voice with all the other voices shouting out about these injustices. It will take each and every one of us to change this world and make it a better world for the children of tomorrow. Thank you to all who have ever supported my work, and helped me along this journey. I could not have done it without you. You can download my books on my website. The files are in the Writing section underneath the Poems section. They are also available here: https://archive.org/details/join-author-laurie-ann-smith-for-an-intimate-chat-about-her-books Songs Used with Permission: https://www.purple-planet.com Sense of Loss Leave Without Me Hello!!! I hope your summer has been safe and excellent! I haven't posted here in months. I was broadcasting on YouTube in April and then started to become ill. I still don't know what it was, and my doctor couldn't diagnose it. I took time off and then left my position at work because I could not physically do the job role that they wanted me to take on. I've been off all summer trying to get physically better and things are improving. My cat passed away in June so it has also been a sad time for me. She was with me and my husband Cecil since she was a young cat and she made it to 18 years of life with me! I miss her very much. It's been four years since my husband Cecil Tornerup went to Heaven. I miss him every moment of every day. I have been busy looking for work. I'll be cleared to work by the end of August so I'll just keep looking. It's also been an exciting summer for me as my best friend, Publisher and Best Selling Author Donna M. Kshir asked me to be part of a project she is working on. I'll have more details regarding that book when it comes out in September, 2022. I was honoured she asked me to be in the book and I'm very excited to see the published copy when it's available. I also have several books I'm finishing and added two new books to start writing so I'll be excited to share them with you here when they are done. I'll be hosting two new podcasts on Anchor.FM. One is mine and I'll share the link here, and the other is a weekly podcast I'll be co-hosting. What a great honour! I am excited, and looking forward to the rest of this summer. I'm working on getting healthier each day as they come and I hope to be around a while to continue the mission to create Child Abuse Prevention Awareness and complete my other projects. I wish you all the very best for the summer! Take good care of yourselves!!
https://anchor.fm/author-laurie-ann-smith https://www.flickr.com/photos/lausmi52207/ Hello my friends! I am broadcasting live on YouTube every night for the month of April to continue the fight against child abuse. Join me there live at 8pm MST or you can always catch the video archive. All of our voices are necessary to create a safer and better world for the children today and for the future. Do all you can to protect your own children and the children around you!
April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month!Hello my friends! I have been invited to speak at a workshop webinar by Hope Collaborative, and Riverside Family Services at the end of April. Joining me will be my sister advocates Donna Kshir and Lee Roberts. They have asked me to tell my story of what it was like growing up abused in a home full of domestic violence and dysfunction. Then Donna, Lee and myself will talk about why it's so important to have the conversation about stopping and preventing child abuse. Children are dying, and the Covid-19 pandemic has just made things worse. Join us at the webinar and do all you can to stop and prevent child abuse.
Join Donna Kshir and Lee Roberts as they interview AU4H Radio's Volunteer Program Coordinator Advocate, Author Laurie Ann Smith. This year marks a 10 Year Anniversary and Re-Launch of Laurie's books - A Life of Death: The Redemption, La Veta Juvies and One Child Abuse Survivor 2 Another-The Journey. All proceeds from Laurie's books go to fund programs to stop and prevent child abuse. Laurie Ann Smith is a popular online radio talk show host, 5 x published author and voice for those whose voices were silenced due to abuse; whose lives were destroyed by abuse. Her only hope is to promote public awareness and education to help stop the cycle of abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence. Her mission is to be "one more voice" among many to help stop child abuse and to make this world a better place for everyone. Hello my friends! It has been a busy and productive start to 2021. I am so excited to announce that my books are now back where they belong, published under Northern Books. All proceeds will go to Advocates United for Humanity to help fund programs to help in stopping and preventing child abuse. I have always donated the money from the books because this makes me happy! I always wanted to see something good come from something so bad. Here is a link to a press release from AU4H Radio where I volunteer. Keep looking up my friends! Let's keep the hope alive!
https://au4hradio.blogspot.com/2021/02/being-voice-for-children.html I am excited about 2021! I am hopeful that our lives will begin to improve, and that things are going to start getting better for everyone around the world. Last year was intense, and even some of the lingering anxieties are still on the surface of all I can see in my world. I do have some great news! I resigned from my volunteer position with NAASCA.org last November, and then in December my two best friends and long time advocates, Donna Kshir and Lee Roberts asked if I wanted to return to Advocates United for Humanity as their Volunteer AU4H Radio Program Coordinator. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to work with my sisters again! We have worked together on numerous projects since 2009 and I am really looking forward to a new and exciting year ahead! Here is the link to the article that was shared on our website. I want to thank everyone for your support through the years. It means the world to me. I wish you a much better and a very blessed 2021! http://au4h.weebly.com/au4h-radio-program-coordinator.html I am the Alberta Ambassador for NAASCA.org, National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse. I haven't been able to do much other than be an online presence due to Covid-19 and my own health issues that have been a problem since last fall. I have been able to do some online advocacy with NAASCA on our own SCAN Show, (Stop Child Abuse Now!) on Blog Talk Radio. We do 5 shows a week, Monday through Friday and feature Survivor-Professionals and Survivors sharing their own personal stories of surviving child abuse. I will be a returning guest this Friday, October 16th. We will be discussing the topic of Second-hand Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, Family Violence and all that goes along with it. I will be sharing some of my own coping strategies that I've used in my healing journey that have made a difference and worked for me. We are all different, and all at different places in our healing journey's so what works for me, may not work for you. I always remind my fellow survivors to just keep reaching out and never give up! We deserved so much better, we did not deserve to be abused. I hope you can join us on the show or you can always listen to the archive and many other archived shows that we have done. Wishing you all the best. Stay safe!!
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/naasca/2020/10/17/stop-child-abuse-now-scan--2510 Hello! With all that is happening in the world with the Covid-19 crisis, I just wanted to share a brief post about all that has been happening in my world lately. I have been dealing with several health issues since last fall, including skin cancer, severe arthritis that has been making it difficult for me to walk and extremely high blood pressure that was stroke level for months. I was in the middle of getting things taken care of when the Covid-19 crisis hit, so all of my care has been put on hold, which is understandable. These are trying times, and my heart goes out to anyone who has had to endure that dreadful virus-disease or who has lost a loved one to it. I have been staying as isolated as possible and this world-wide situation will impact us all in so many ways. It's during these times that we need to stay positive, reach out for help online or using the telephone if you can't get out and just know that we have to continue to be hopeful that things won't be as bleak as it looks right now. I'm keeping the hope and faith alive and I pray that this will all be over very soon. Take good care of yourselves and until next time!!
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