Special Note:
My wife and I moved from Northern Maine to the Lowcountry of South
Carolina in the Spring of 2003; hence the name change from Downeast
Maine Survivors to Lowcountry Survivors. We hope this won't cause
any confusion. Both of us have changed significantly in the past few
years. Things that we thought impossible before have become part of
our lives in the present. We never cease to be suprised, nor do we
stop growing. Old fears slip away, and newer more useful attitudes
take hold in both of us. Not only has it become easier to be responsible
adults, but it is easier to allow that playful child within us the
freedom that should have been provided from the very beginning.
"I have a voice inside of me. This "voice" sometimes cries
out to be heard, but doesn't have the words to adequately describe
feelings of loss, outrage, despair, or sadness. No one listened to
this voice for over thirty years. It is the voice of a child; the
voice of the lost self. ...The "voice" within me, the voice of the
child within me, is not a voice of authority. It is the voice of
experience. It is the voice of a child who's been there, and survived
against impossible odds." - Ken Scully (October 17, 1989)
