Being woken up by a couple yelling at each other in an apartment building isn’t something new. But, it was 3am and the way this woman kept crying and saying “stop” wouldn’t let me go back to sleep. For, over 30 minutes, I laid there listening and debating if I should call 911. […]
I was 6 years old the first time I saw my mother being abused. My father was screaming at her, calling her names, telling her how she was a nothing woman who was lucky to have him. Even at that young age, I knew that what I was seeing was wrong. But I was taught […]
Once upon a time there was a man whose presence evoked a fear in me that made me question who I was. Few know this part of my life, I am seen as a strong, opinionated woman and yet I was emotionally abused. When you are abused everything you do makes you […]
