| Let's ponder a few details before I get loose with | | | | were a woman who was murdered by your husband |
| my tongue about domestic violence, assault, and | | | | or boyfriend, you, too, didn't die alone. Every year |
| murder. I have no doubt that the man you love has | | | | thousands of women will take their last breath while |
| been very good to you on occasion. Maybe he only | | | | being shot dead, strangled, or beaten to death by a |
| hits you when he gets drunk and that's about every | | | | spouse or partner. |
| Saturday night. | | | | And many of them will kill your children as well. The |
| I also understand that he might have come out of a | | | | man that you want so desperately to help is sick. He |
| broken home himself where he either witnessed | | | | needs a type of help that you can't give him. His |
| abuse or was physically abused himself. He has | | | | personality borders on insanity; a decent man today |
| recognized that he has a problem and has sworn to | | | | and a beast come out of nowhere tomorrow. He is |
| you that even if it kills him, he will do everything in his | | | | incapable of changing on his own but don't fool |
| power to change before he is charged with a | | | | yourself into believing that you can fix him. |
| misdemeanor or felony for assaulting you. | | | | And don't think that just because you made it out of |
| I mean ... why should you leave him over a few slaps | | | | one bad relationship alright that you will make it out |
| here and there and some kicks to the back or a | | | | alive in this one. If you are being assaulted on a daily, |
| black eye or two? It's not like he did them all within | | | | monthly, or yearly schedule by a man who is |
| one month. It took years to get those scars around | | | | consistently using your head as a punching bag, you |
| your neck. And dare I mention the mental and | | | | need to have a plan of escape. You have only two |
| emotional ones that will never go away. | | | | options at this point ... life or death. Don't leave it up |
| If you are a woman who has survived physical abuse | | | | to him to decide which one it will be. |
| and still lives to talk about it you are not alone. If you | | | | |