Chosen
Are we all chosen for some specific purpose on this earth? I suppose so. I just have wondered what is my purpose for being beaten, by my...
Survivor Stories are poems, letters and essays written by local survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Are we all chosen for some specific purpose on this earth? I suppose so. I just have wondered what is my purpose for being beaten, by my...
Yes, Scars and all! This is my life. He has changed it, through the abuse he has inflicted on me over the years. It started when I was...
Going through all of the abuse over the years, and getting the courage and strength to finally leave, afterwards, I would tend to...
I was asked to share my story. I am a survivor. I have known more pain that I can even describe, like so many others have as well. How...
I am still in my abuser’s clutches, and am afraid to step out, because, he has continually told me that he will do whatever he has to in...
I have been through hell at the hands of my abuser and didn’t think I would wake up the next day, hundreds of times, but I am still here! ...
No, I “can’t just get over it” as many people tell me…. Surviving Abuse is a journey…..and not something an individual “gets over” in a...
I had dreams that were shattered……….broken…forever… Imagine if you could, feeling in love and thinking that this person loves you too....
On January 17th, 2015, it was a quiet Saturday night at home. My dad made some dinner and I sat at the table with my younger sister who...
I am a survivor! The system failed me. Abused and traumatized by my former spouse….further traumatized by the system. There are so...
Please Lord, help me through this. As I sit in the courtroom, I type this, as tears run down my face, because my soon-to-be ex-husband...
Am I good enough? My abuser constantly said NO! Am I pretty enough? My abuser constantly told me NO! Am I a good Mom? My abuser...
I know I can make it through this. One step at a time. This time a month ago, I was bleeding everywhere, from his beatings and thought...
My life has not turned out like I had hoped for, to say the least. I did not expect to be married to someone worse than a bully. I did...
I have realized so much during my time dealing with the abuse from my husband. I have definitely learned who my true friends are. Those...
Today, once again, I woke up to a hateful man, that is unfortunately my abusive husband, wailing on me, that I did something else wrong. ...
I don’t remember all of my last beating by my husband, as I passed out a short time after he hit me, I fell as he was swearing that I was...
When I look at myself now in the mirror, I see how he has pushed me so far down, with his abusive words and beatings, that I feel so low...