Tag Archives: domestic violence
The Letter I Wouldn’t Have Read Either
To Donkey’s New Girlfriend: So I see you’re FaceBook official. I’ve heard you’ve spent the night in his home, with the children present. It must be serious. It’s time, then, for us to have a little chat. I know what you are going to suffer. You’ve waded into the water and found it pleasant, tepid, refreshing. You’ll walk […]
Help Wanted
I would like you to share your story here. If you can, and if you would like to, I want to open this space to you. Here’s my thinking: There are a million of us with stories of abuse. Not everyone feels like sharing their story on their own blog. Not everyone has a blog. Opening this […]
Sleepover for Who?
Ever since “Fuck You Flew To Florida“, I have worked at not cursing at Donkey. I can curse at him here, and have more fun with it. Over the last several months, I have focused on not getting pulled into his desire to fight. I haven’t always been successful. It’s a steep learning curve, but […]
Respite
It’s been 357 days, nearly a year, since I was forced to turn over custody to Donkey. It’s been nine months since that became a regular reality. I turned over custody 12 May 2012, but it was more like they were visiting Donkey. The returned for Memorial Day weekend 25 – 28 May. I spent […]
Guest Post: How I Overcame My Abuse
For the first of hopefully many Guest Posts, please welcome Twindaddy, writer of humor, honest self-reflection, and stuph™ over at Stuphblog (go take a gander, and while you’re there, click that blog-happy Follow button). And, before you begin this story, I would like to say thank you to Twindaddy for sharing his journey to freedom. It […]
Growing Abuse
It started as a simple little comment: I wonder how long my hair would get if I stopped cutting it while I’m pregnant. What resulted was not simple. I am and always have been a short hair kind of gal. I had long hair until I was 11 when I had it all cut off. […]
