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Ways to Celebrate the Anniversary of Leaving an Abuser

  • By DomesticShelters.org
  • Aug 22, 2019
Ways to Celebrate the Anniversary of Leaving an Abuser
  • Call the day a “Familiversary” and do something relaxing as a family.
  • Celebrate your “Freedom Day” by counting your many blessings.
  • Take a mental health day and let the emotions flow.
  • Get a tattoo or buy jewelry as a permanent reminder of what you’ve overcome.
  • Rock out to a song that reminds you just how powerful and strong you are.
  • Celebrate a "Divorce-iversary" with a special treat.
  • Treat the day like your real “Birthday.”
  • Proclaim the day you lived through a final attack as your “Survival Day”.
  • Silently observe the day without any fanfare.
  • Say “thank you” to those who helped and supported you.
  • Spend the day that you won a drawn-out custody battle spoiling your kids.
  • Do something nice for yourself you wouldn’t normally do. Call it your “Liberation Day!”
  • Donate time, money or wish list items to a domestic violence organization.