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Survivor Stories
Survivor Stories are poems, letters and essays written by local survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
A Leap to Freedom
I guess you would say that I am not only taking a huge chance but also a leap to freedom by preparing to escape my abuser, who is my...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Today is like any other day, sadly
Today I woke up (thankfully) after a horrible night filled with my husband throwing me around the room and hitting me. He came home and...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Choices
To anyone who may care; I know it was my choice to marry this man, who hits me every day. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
A day in the life of a Domestic Violence Survivor, that’s ME
I may be nameless to strangers who don’t know me, but I struggle everyday to feel human, as my husband has made me feel less than human,...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
What you hear is what you want to hear….
As I was asked to write my story of survival, in my journey as a domestic violence survivor, I thought of the fact that no one really...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important.
I was watching a movie, not long ago, with the words I say to myself everyday, since the first day he hit me, and caused a bad bloody...
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Will County Take Back the Night
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
A Thought of Strength
As I was walking this morning, to clear my head, after another emotional draining morning, of my abuser husband hitting me and throwing...
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