Julia K Cole

While I was preparing an article on Domestic Violence Awareness, I came upon  a photo collage of a young woman whose face was all busted up and bloodied.  The caption of this picture read:  My boyfriend beats me up -- but I love him though! After seeing this picture, I tossed my original article in lieu of a good old fashioned rant.   ** If you are easily offended ... NOW is a good time to close out this blog** For any of you who are currently in a relationship where your significant other is abusing you, on any level, in any manner ... I want you to listen up.   If you are staying with someone who is verbally and/or physically abusing you --  GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THEM!   NOW! Allowing someone to use you for a punching bag is NOT Love!  It is fear!  And fear & Love cannot reside in the same space at the same exact time! If they are abusing you -- they do NOT love you!    If they loved you -- ...

URGENT MESSAGE FROM NO KILL LOUISVILLE   NKL'ers, We have an URGENT plea from JB Ogle regarding their cats and kittens. EVERY SINGLE cage and crate is filled...they have cats in every room of the shelter and they cannot possibly save all them without immediate help. PLEASE go there and foster, tell your neighbors to foster, call friends about the situation, share on your facebook page, ANYTHING to help get these poor unfortunate animals out of there. This is an emergency situation and we need everyone's help NOW. Here is JB Ogle's info: J. B. Ogle Animal Shelter 201 Willinger Lane Jeffersonville IN Phone: 8 12-282-0071 Email: oglesaveapet@yahoo.com Hours: Mon-Friday 8:3 0-5:30 Animals may be viewed after 11:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 Directions to JB Ogle Shelter from Louisville, Kentucky (approx. 5 minutes from downtown Louisville) Get on 65 North; get off of at exit 2, Eastern Blvd. Go straight till it dead ends. Turn Left onto Spring Stre...