From the pictures I posted on social media, no one would have ever guessed that my life was actually a nightmare, and I was enduring abuse.
Domestic violence doesn’t always look like you’d think. Let me tell you a story.
That Christmas morning, I was holding my our infant son in my arms when he slapped me across the face as hard as he could. My glasses broke, flying off my face and across the room. I remember quite literally seeing stars after the impact of the blow, like they do in the cartoons. Only it wasn’t funny. I had bruising and swelling near my eye.
It took another two and a half years before something clicked in my mind, and I finally felt strong enough to leave for good. If you haven’t been there, you can’t possibly understand what it’s like. I hear so much judgment about women and mothers who end up in these situations. About how they should “just leave,” as if it is a simple thing to do. It isn’t. In fact, research tells us it takes an average of seven attempts to leave, before finally getting out for good.
The day the kids and I left for good wasn’t long after that. It was a hot summer day in August of 2016. He busted into the shower while I was in there, breaking the shower door off the hinges. He screamed in my face, calling me crazy, a stupid bitch, and a cunt; when I got out of the shower, he threw an office chair at me and missed, putting yet another hole in the drywall. By then, the kids were three and five.
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