Everyone thinks that its so easy to just get out of an abusive relationship “I’d never let a man do that to me” is the phrase you hear so often but when you’re in it, that’s still the phrase that runs through your head, but along with many others “he said he’s sorry” “it only … Read more
Memories of my early childhood are fuzzy at best. I remember the Spanish I spoke to my nanny who didn’t understand English, the smell of popcorn my mom made after a long night of college classes, the perfect shade of pink on my bedroom walls that glowed in the morning sun…for years, I reflected on … Read more
I was 11 years old, he was a family friend, someone I thought of as a father figure and trusted adult. My mother and Step-Dad were across the hall asleep, my younger brother was downstairs. Most of that vacation to Massachusetts is a blur, but I know my immediate thoughts were that it must have … Read more
