"I am a survivor of domestic violence for 20 some years beat down losing hope feeling worthless, scared to leave, tearing my body up with drugs so I could ease some of the pain.
I finally left, on the run with my kids. It wan’t easy, in and out of batters women shelters, staying where ever we could. I got off drugs, got back in touch with my family went to school for a career I wanted. I am thriving I am HAPPY to never look back, to never be abused again" ~LuLu
"No more lies..no more fakes smiles...I am finally free" ~Anonymous
"I was once an abused woman. Only 21 years old, I was stuck in an unhappy marriage with 2 young children. My husband (at the time) drank and missed work so much he couldn’t keep a job. He would drink and forget all his responsibilities, even to pick up our son at daycare.
He would become angry when he drank. He would come home and pick a fight with me over nothing and hit me. Each time he said it would be his last. Broken promises proved to be a sick cycle over time, that wouldn’t end.
I finally got out with the help of a nurse in the ER who could tell I’d been beaten by my husband, I made my escape with my 2 small children, with the help of that nurse and my aunt.
Thank God for those 2 women for helping me. I might not be here to share this story today if they had not helped me then." ~Survivor
"I has the misfortune to have a ring side seat in my childhood. Not me I said, never will I stand for any man who lays a finger on me. I married the kindest gentlest and masculine man ever to walk the earth. It was a long search but so worth it." ~Daughter of a victim
"My mother passed her pain to me as did her mother. But not other granddaughters, it stopped with me." ~Anonymous
