Archive for the 'Voices of Violence' Category

Time Passes

Monday, November 12th, 2007

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 myself up for a while. Sadly, time slips by. Too many fights, too many people waiting for me […]

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Should I call 911?

Friday, October 26th, 2007

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. […]

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Childhood lost

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

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 […]

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Unseen scars

Monday, October 15th, 2007

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 […]

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