Domestic Abuse Can End in Death

TweetEveryone’s story of abuse is as individual as the people involved.  However, when I read a story this week titled “Domestic Abuse Can End in Death”, I found a number of similarities to my own past and I wanted to share that story by Alexis Bechman with you.  For some reason, those who are not [...]

Mother’s Day & Domestic Violence

TweetAs I thought about Mother’s Day today after having read several more stories about women who have been killed as the final outcome of domestic abuse, I can’t help but wonder how many women have been taken away from their children since last Mother’s Day.  My mother passed away a few years ago but I [...]

Facing The Barrels Of A Shotgun

TweetI have long tried to explain to others what it is like to be in a domestic violence situation and why it is so hard to get out.  I have tried to figure out how we get ourselves into such situations in the first place.  And I have always emphasized how important it is to [...]

The Influence of TV on My Life

TweetI learned a very interesting fact about myself this week and that is the importance that television has on my life.  I have a TV on all of the time, even at work (thank you for a job that allows for that) and have certain programs that I faithfully watch.  Of course, there are lots [...]

Understanding Domestic Abuse

TweetI just read a short story (under 100 words) about a 40 year-old woman who shot and killed her 51 year-old boyfriend on Friday evening.  She is being held in police custody while the incident is being investigated as a homicide-domestic violence incident.  The story also indicated that a 13 year-old may have witnessed the [...]

Domestic Violence Victim Gets Jailed for Lying About Beating

TweetIn one of the most horrible miscarriages of justice that I have ever heard, a woman was sentenced to 365 days in jail for lying about being beaten by her boyfriend.  The full story is attached for your own reading and thoughts.  To make a long story short, a tape of an interview with the [...]

Blog Anniversary Brings Something New

TweetOn January 22, 2008, I wrote my first weekly blog.  After several months of “encouragement” from my husband, Kirk, I sat down to write about what I was thinking after a second diagnosis of breast cancer  Never in my wildest imagination did I think that I would write each week for 3 full years and [...]

A Mom’s Abuse Decides Football Player’s Future

TweetI happened to catch the annual ESPN college football awards show on Thursday evening and was greatly moved by the story of the recipient of the Disney Spirit Award, Arkansas football player DJ Williams.  You see, DJ and his two sisters along with their mother are all survivors of domestic abuse.  I have attached here [...]

Verbal Abuse

TweetI had a very interesting email this week from a young lady in response to one of my previous blogs wherein she talked about her life in mostly terms of how the things that her father has said over the years are affecting her life.  It really started my thinking about how I have found [...]

Dating After Domestic Violence

TweetI received a very interesting inquiry from a friend this week that has served as the topic for this week’s blog.  It is quoted, as follows:  “Do you have any tips or pointers for someone who begins dating after leaving a DV marriage?  Before my DV marriage, I had several non-violent relationships. The DV guy [...]

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