{"id":10895,"date":"2024-10-04T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/?p=10895"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:04:24","slug":"celines-domestic-violence-story-finding-freedom-and-healing-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/stories\/celines-story","title":{"rendered":"Celines&#8217; Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Celines-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I first came to Safe Horizon during the early stages of the pandemic. 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A weight I had been carrying started to lift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very next day, a friend picked Chosen and me up, and we went to a Safe Horizon domestic violence shelter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I arrived at the shelter with my son, we were treated with care and instantly felt safe. The space was clean and so comforting. They provided us with food and essentials. For the first time in years, I felt free.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our neighborhood was filled with art galleries, and as I walked past them, I saw art hanging in those spaces \u2013 I knew that was where I wanted to be someday. One day, the shelter held a group art therapy workshop and I had hope that I might find peace to pursue my art\u2014a passion that had felt impossible before. 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