People still ask why didn’t you leave, or just get a divorce. You’d think more than 25 years later that they’d realize or even get that doing either would NOT have stopped a lifetime of abuse.
Funny how it’s easier to blame the victim, than to offer help.
One must ask themselves if they put effort into […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by admin
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Evil is the father of destruction and unfathomable pain.
Evil will plant the seed of immorality, and his son will keep it nourished.
Evil is the beast more horrendous than the name itself or what it could represent.
Evil is the ever-present shadow that blocks the sun.
Evil thrives on what his son will do to me and others.
Evil […]
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by admin
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“In violence we forget who we are.” ~ Mary McCarthy
Never forget that you are a woman of worth! A woman that deserves respect! A woman that needs love!
Posted on January 14th, 2008 by admin
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I was at one point under a circumstance that cost me a lot. Today I cannot say I am complete because I am missing two wonderful beings that I miss so much and that I won’t be able to see again.
If you have a situation where you can not get out ask for help and […]
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by admin
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I told my self I will try harder this time. This time would be different. This time things will change. I was wrong!
I want to stop. Stop everything. Stop beating my self up for a while. Sadly, time slips by. Too many fights, too many people waiting for […]
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by admin
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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. […]
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by admin
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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 […]
Posted on October 25th, 2007 by admin
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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 […]
Posted on October 15th, 2007 by admin
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