SARA NILES. Author and Social Media Influencer. Books, Essays, Social Awareness The lives we live determine our passions, and our passions impact the lives we live, in a dynamic, reciprocal pattern. My Life inspired me to write Memoirs: TORN From the Inside Out, The Journey, Out of the Maelstrom, Essays, Opinion Editorials, and social narratives that shed light during dark times.
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TORN From the Inside Out & THE JOURNEY
MEMOIRS In 1973, a young woman, barely sixteen years old, and a zealous member of a cultist religious group, married a twenty-three year-o...
Saturday, July 19, 2014
SARA NILES: Books, Writing, and Social Issues: Out of the Maelstrom by Sara Niles
SARA NILES: Books, Writing, and Social Issues: Out of the Maelstrom by Sara Niles: Narrative Memoir: Trauma Tragedy and Triumph 260 pages 71,152 words Out of the Maelstrom is a stand-alone narrative memo...
Out of the Maelstrom by Sara Niles
Narrative Memoir: Trauma
Tragedy and Triumph 260 pages 71,152 words
Out of the Maelstrom is a
stand-alone narrative memoir that can be read as part of The Torn From the
Inside Out trilogy, or separately. Out of the Maelstrom is narrated by Sara
Niles as a collection of short stories , philosophical insights and world views
that create a global view of human suffering and provide an inspirational
mirror that reflects the “power of the human spirit under fire”
Sara Niles survived extreme
abuse and fled with her five children in 1987; over a decade later, Sara became
a counselor and trainer for a domestic violence agency in a small town. It was
during the ten years Sara was employed as a domestic violence professional that
she was exposed to the worst of the worst , and the best of the best , those
who were defeated and hardened by life and those who were empowered by trauma
and tragedy and who not only survived, by triumphed.
Excerpts and Quotes
"When the storms of life
are worse than the storms of nature, those who survive rise out of the
maelstrom"
“The pages of my books are
the parchment upon which I wrote using the 'ink' of my life: the blood, sweat
and tears that represent the long struggle of the 'journey', the life trip that
began long ago with the hungry little girl who 'sat in the sand' waiting to be
saved by ‘an ancient old man’. The story
of child abuse, salvation, domestic violence and escape as told in Torn From
the Inside Out, continued with the endearing and heart wrenching story of the
children of Torn From the Inside Out in The Journey, as they struggled with the
issues of their own survival and redemption.
Out of the Maelstrom Out of the Maelstrom
contains stories about real people: stories of trauma and triumph, and extremes
of what life has to offer, from the kindness that defines the best of human
nature to the cruelty that defines the worst. Many of the stories contain
paradoxical dilemmas of social significance that have arisen out of our culture
and stand as a testament to the broken parts of society that affect the
marginalized and the forgotten members, the ones most in need of help. The
scope of Out of the Maelstrom broadly sweeps in the worldview as part of the
context of everyday human life, since no man exists on an island.
Excerpts from Chapter One
"He was dead, alright.
The sight of death is an ugly and fearsome thing, I thought, as I absorbed the
tragic sight in front of me. It was a man, 'The man', who was lying in the road
with blackish--red blood pooled around his head, and as he lay face down with
his feet in his own yard, while his head and shoulders were planted in the
street, he gave the appearance of a killed animal felled in its tracks by a
hunter."
"I applied to work for
this agency because I felt that I belonged there, because it was where my heart
was. I wanted to help people who had hurt like I hurt and felt trapped like I
had. I wanted to empower those who felt they were powerless and give courage to
the broken hearted. My comrades in this mission were all there with me, we all
wanted the same things for similar reasons and we would share a rich and grand
experience working together, an adventure that needed telling, a soulful potion
that needs sharing in the journey of this new life" "She said her
name was Evelyn, the name sounded soft
and genteel, but the lady was not"
"Oh...You will just have
to come see for yourself-I'd get over here if I were you -and hurry!" she
said with a little nervous laugh" (Sandy the Shelter Manager)
Table of Contents (samples)
Chapter 1.....Homicide in the
Street...11 Chapter 2.....A Place of Safety in a Time of Danger...Chapter
3.....A Special Brand of People ....Norman
Rockwell & The Lady From Harvard... Chapter ....Wolves-Within ...........Chapter
28.....A Visit: Back to My Past... Chapter 29.....
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
The U.S. Immigration Dilemma is Here and Now
The Immigration Dilemma in the United States and American
Roots
The United States of America was born as a result of the
blood sweat and tears of former immigrants who sought out a new land. When the
first ‘Americans’ set foot on the new land, the natives occupying the land were
the only ‘non’ immigrants, everyone else came from England, different countries
in Europe, from forced capture from Africa, and from almost every land in the
world, so by the year 2014, America is a true melting pot of nations and
cultures. The problem with immigration is not so much that there are immigrants
still seeking out American soil, the problem is with keeping legal order so
that the borders are not flooded with undocumented immigrants who have no legal
right to be here. The U.S. has to keep order, or else situations like the case
of hundreds of children being placed at risk crossing the desert and vulnerable
to the whim of criminals, will become the new norm.
The immigration situation is filled with complications .Many
the children that are currently detained by the United States , were running away from dangerous situations and could face death if
returned to their native soil; thus placing the U.S. in a no-win situation. The
human thing to do is to protect the children by not returning them to ‘certain
death’ as O’Malley stated:
The legal thing to do is to honor American legislation
involving immigration, and send the children back. Some believe the children
should not be here at all and are protesting their arrival, and some are
protesting the possible deportation of these illegal immigrants. What to do?
Stick to the law or act humanely? The question is no longer a practice in
rhetoric, the question has to be answered immediately because the problem is
here and now.
Arizona Immigrant Children:
It may be wise to reflect upon the roots of American origins
before making a hasty decision, for example there were many icons that became
American legends, who were first immigrants before they became American
citizens. Many have contributed richness to our culture, and some have directly
changed politics, science and law.
Famous American Immigrants
Fred Astaire’s father, Frederic Austerlitz (the last name
Astaire was an attempt to Americanize the last name Austerlitz), arrived in
American via Ellis Island in 1892).
Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879 and arrived in
the United States just as Hitler came to power and began his campaign against
Jews; Einstein was visiting in the U.S. and decided not to return to Germany,
since he was Jewish and would have surely become a target of the Nazi regime. It
was after Einstein made the decision not to return to Germany that he
discovered his name was on a Nazi ‘hit’ list. Einstein became an American
citizen in 1940.Einstein revolutionized the world of physics with his
clarification of the
relationship between energy and matter, E=MC2
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
the former governor of California, was born in Austria and came to the United
States as a body builder in 1921. Schwarzenegger was considered the most famous
immigrant in America. Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
To name a
few more famous U.S. immigrants: Henry Kissinger, Sophia Loren, and Yao Ming
The White House Immigration Reform Plan: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration
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