ok, here goes...

[one_voice]

I'm not going to talk about my sexual assault yet. Not ready for that.

There's been some talk about domestic violence in GD and other places. So I'm going to talk a little about that. Not too much.

My mom married a man that beat her--it was a short but very violent marriage. She did try and get away from him. She called the police, but this was during a time when men were told to take a walk. But for my mother, she was treated unbelievably cruel, she was a white woman that dared marry a black man--the police told her she deserved what she got.

My grandmother paid the man to leave her, he took the money (and a beating from a friend of granny) and left. When the money was gone he was back.

Mom moved and was able to hide for a while. Then he found her. And it started all over again.

He never beat my me or my brother.

I remember my mom begging him to stop. The bruises, the blood, the tears.

The gun shot.

He shot my mom. She'd bought a gun. You can guess what for. He found it and used it on her.

He had her pinned to the bed. Pointed the gun in her face and pulled the trigger.

I don't know how she did it, but she manged to get free enough that bullet got the side of her face down by her jaw. It was more than a graze, but not too 'deep'.

She still has the scar there. That's one of the ones you can see.

We were lucky we got away. My mom married a wonderful man (this is who I'm talking about when I talk about my dad) who never raised a hand in anger to her or the kids.

Ok, enough for now.




If anyone else wants to share about domestic violence please feel free.