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gaylileofigaro:

This is worse. Looking at these you can tell they have no significant monetary value. They were confiscated as a fear tactic. Nothing more.

This picture breaks my heart everytime it appears in my dash. It’s a fear tactic, alright but—

The first one in the left corner: It’s a first communion rosary, and it’s not cheap.

The black one in the first line: That’s a widow rosary and it’s old.

The white one in the second line:  is a commemoration rosary. It has a miniature picture in the round part. I haven’t seen that since the 70′s.

In the third line, multicolor one: It’s an Anima mundi, I have only seen those in the hands of Rosary ministery’s old ladies. The oldest ones are from the 80′s after Juan Pablo II came to Mexico for the first time. It’s one of the old ones, I know because the crucifixes are different. 

The third one on the fourth line: Red and gold. The style is old, the metal is dark, that’s a 50′s rosary, probably a quinceañera one (or it’s maybe older, from the 40′s when the brides carried red roses with their offerings).

The fifth one on the fourth line: It’s a quinceañera rosary with Ignatius’s tear. The style is old and in my part of Mexico is orphan girls who used it. At least it was when I was young.

The third one of the fifth line: the blue one with the anchor. That one I have only seen in Veracruz and it doesn’t look new.

The fifth one on the fifth line: That’s a 90′s wedding rosary. Black and white patterns were popular on that date.

The fourth one on the last line: That’s a first communion rosary from the 30′s. It’s delicate and most probably silver.

The rest wrench my heart too, the humble everyday rosaries with wooden beads and knots. Those are cheap and bear the wear and tear of their user handling. But those  I described are much more.

Those are mother’s rosaries.

Those are not just rosaries. Those are mementos, that’s the proof of their families stories. They are taking from them the only portable things they can carry to feel the connection to their families.

It’s not a fear tactic. Call it like by its name.

It’s dehumanization.

(Source: camewiththeframe)

bpd–daisy:

No matter what, you never deserve abuse.

  • You never deserve abuse because you’re too needy or clingy
  • You never deserve abuse because you “let it happen” or “didn’t fight back” or “didn’t stand up for yourself”
  • You never deserve abuse because you “let it get this far” or you “stayed this long”
  • You never deserve abuse because your abuser is your mother or father, sister or brother, other family member, your boyfriend, girlfriend, fiancée, husband, or wife
  • You never deserve abuse because you have a particular mental or physical illness
  • You never deserve abuse because you’re “too emotional”
  • You never deserve abuse because you were “asking for it”
  • You never deserve abuse even though you’ve made mistakes, or said something wrong, or haven’t understood something, or can’t remember something
  • You never deserve abuse for being “too much” or “not good enough”
  • You never deserve abuse for having off days or being vulnerable sometimes
  • You never deserve abuse for asking for help
  • You never deserve abuse, no matter how many times and how many ways your abuser justifies it or makes excuses for it.
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