I share details of my violent childhood & 1st marriage because not talking about it contributes to the stigma surrounding DV. Discussion increases awareness, which helps create an environment safer for those of us who are victims and/or survivors. Ignoring something by not talking about it only perpetuates the problem. My story may give someone else the courage to leave a bad situation & live a better life . I refuse to be ashamed of who I am or what I have endured & overcome. #IAmASurvivor

@Oma_Trisha
THANK YOU for sharing!
#Courage

@TheEyeOfBalor thank you for the encouragement! It's not always an easy thing to do, but we have to stop pretending this kind of stuff doesn't happen.

@Oma_Trisha
Been there and have the scars to prove it, so I KNOW where you're coming from.
As you already know, the road to healing can only be accomplished by "walking over the hot coals" of our trauma(s.)
I acknowledge your journey, and encourage you to keep walking the path, my friend, because Freedom lives on the other end of it!! ✊

@TheEyeOfBalor
Thank you! Those coals burn the hell out of my feet sometimes, but I'm hoping the prints I leave behind encourage others. We need to stop pretending it doesn't happen, minimizing the damage it causes in a generational way, and perpetuating it by ignoring it. If that means I have to get gross and crude and graphic, then that's what I'll do. I have no secrets to hide. Not any longer.