My prayer is to help everyone that I can, even if its only one person. That one person would be one more than yesterday!


It's impossible
to feel safe and protected all the time, in one way or another we are all
vulnerable.

Those that we let in know were we hurt the most, and will try
to show you signs at times that they can hit you in the areas that you protect
or guard with all your might.

Our worst fears are our insecurities and
they can cause great harm if we are not careful.

Those who want to get in
can't and look for cracks in our armor to slide in without any type of
warning.

But it is how we deal with our vulnerabilities that we define
our strengths and our weakness, and while I know I can't change the past. I
believe that being a victim is a state of mind, and I am going to change my
state of mind.

Astimeheals.com is only the beginning, the end is when we
are confident secure in who we are and able to defend ourselves.

Biography
of an advocate
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Born:
Tierra Ann Rodriguez
   Advocate

Working
to prevent family violence, domestic violence and sexual assault 
...

  Mrs. Rodriguez has spent years working within the legal system
in law  enforcement and advocacy for battered women, abused children and
juveniles.  She served as a Steering Committee member with the Commission on the
Status  of Women assisting with the development of protocol for law
enforcement's  response to domestic violence, which she is trying to implement
in the State  of Texas.

   Mrs. Rodriguez has worked as a
Victim Advocate engaged primarily with victims of domestic violence, most of
which was with CASA. Previously she worked as paraprofessional for women and
children, along with working at Faith, Love, and Hope, Texarkana,
Arkansas. She has held various  assignments, including domestic violence and
sexual assault advocate. Mrs.Rodriguez also worked for the Garland County
community counseling Office as a  Victim Advocate, as the second lead advocate
in case services and advocacy to  domestic violence victims. Mrs. Rodriguez was a
volunteer in the development and  implementation of the 911 cellular programs
"S.O.S.", designed to  provide free cellular phone service for domestic violence
victims.

  Mrs. Rodriguez has assisted in providing training to law enforcement and
community agencies  on domestic violence, child abuse and juvenile services. She
has been advisor  and mentor to community and school-based programs serving
teens. Mrs. Rodriguez  has presented information to high school students on
dating violence, as part  of class curriculum. She has served as a PTA member,
NAACP chapter volenteer,  and mentor for families of cancer survivors with Baylor
Medical Center, Dallas,  Texas since the passing of a very close aunt.

 Mrs. Rodriguez has  been a member of the Cass County Domestic Violence Task Force
from 2011,  through the recent merger with the Bowie County Partnership for Safe
Families,  where she is currently serving as a member of the Domestic Violence
&  Sexual Assault Committee.



Tierra Rodriguez is currently a
member of the Domestic Violence &  Sexual Assault Committee of the Bowie 
County Partnership for Safe Families.