“I began to speed toward the rail. Right before I hit it, I heard a sniffle. ‘This is not how it ends.’ I knew I had a purpose to live for.”
‘I don’t make twins.’ He accused me of having an affair. I didn’t know it should have been different.’: Abuse survivor finds ‘loud purpose’ advocating for others’ voices
‘These women are AMAZED someone they don’t know has made something for them.’: Charity partners with Annie’s Kit Clubs to make scarves for women escaping abuse, ‘It’s impacted thousands of lives’
“Every woman who flees abuse deserves a comfort scarf.”
‘I can’t do it, I can’t let go of my babies! He took them, ALL of them.’: Single mom of 2 shares life overcoming abuse, pregnancy loss
“The doctor said the baby’s heart was strong. I was pleading, telling him, ‘The baby is not well, HELP! Ignoring my cries, I was sent home.”
‘My mom died without knowing what happened to me.’: Woman hides sexual abuse for entire life, loses mom
“He was always trying to get me to go places alone with him, bribing me with presents. Funny, he never did that for my brother.”
‘There’s something missing in your son.’ I brushed it off as him being ADD like me. I felt guilty and angry.’: Neurodivergent mom to son with autism urges ‘self-empowerment’ for others like her
“‘R*tard’ and ‘lunatic’ became my ‘pet names.’ We still haven’t received a call for an ‘official diagnosis.’ So, I started my own research. I don’t want other children to suffer as I did.”
‘He kept trying to make me kiss him. I did it so he’d leave me alone.’: Woman escapes domestic abuse, ‘I strive to empower other women’
“I took on the role of a wife. I catered to him, cooked, cleaned, took care of my children, and took care of myself IF I had time.”
‘We’ll love you as long as we have the opportunity.’: Family adopts daughter from foster care, ‘I get the privilege to guide her’
“’We DON’T get to make this decision. The court will move forward however they please.’ We always hear ‘the system is broken.’ It is.”
‘You are not broken, you were simply chosen to be strong.’: A Letter To The Person Without A Positive Mother Figure This Mother’s Day
“And boy, you are doing a great job at it.”
‘He wouldn’t give me my son. He slammed me into the wall so hard I blacked out.’: Woman shares heartbreaking story of abuse, ‘You don’t realize it’s not right until it’s too late’
“I was pregnant and with my kids’ dad at the time, so I didn’t give him the time of day. He told me he had herpes. Just like that. After a year, and he is just now telling me.”
‘I caught him in lie after lie. ‘But it’s MOSTLY wonderful!’ I had to choose whether I was going down with him.’: Woman leaves abusive husband, finds love again, ‘I’m no longer that scared girl’
“I stood barefoot in the dark, cold parking lot, sobbing, hoping he would follow me and tell me to come back home and everything would be okay. He never came.”
