Part One Part Two Part Three Content Warning/Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse- If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7​, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). When she was willing to overlook the rumors about me, I thought she might be the one. I kept her at an arm’s ...

Part One Part Two Content Warning/Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse- If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7​, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). After she ran away, the rumors flew around him. I didn’t listen to any of them; it would be silly. Rumors are nothing but that, ...

Content Warning/Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse- If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7​, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). Part One I don’t understand why she couldn’t listen. When I told her I loved her, she didn’t pay attention. She said she wanted to leave me. How could ...

Content Warning/Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse- If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7​, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). When I was younger, you told me I could do anything. I didn’t listen. I didn’t feel like I was capable of believing that. There was no way I ...

Parental alienation is where one parent keeps a child/children from the other parent. It is usually a game of control and has everything to do with hurting the non-custodial parent and the child/children. Parental alienation is a type of abuse used to disconnect the child/children from the “other” parent. It is extremely harmful to a ...

Recently I was asked to give an example of a loss of innocence in my personal life. As I reflected on what to share, I couldn’t help but think of all the different times in my life that chipped away at my childhood. There was one episode that stuck out above the others. I was ...

**Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic discussions of rape and abuse of a sexual nature from survivors. It may be painful for some to read.** “I’m proud of you.” Those were the words my therapist said to me as I sat in her office. I was broken, shattered, not even human in my eyes. I ...

Apartments One house, multiple units Close to Sherman and Washington A dirty yellow color, it has since been painted. Reality: it needs to be condemned We lived upstairs and in the back unit-two different moments in life My ET light blanketing my dreams Many memories remembered and forgotten and made up The back concrete slab, a ...

***Trigger Warning*** The following work of fiction contains verbal, drug use, sexual content, and physical violence. Read Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five Why am I still here? He is the devil! She needed to take her life back. Elizabeth took out her diary. December 2013. Dear Diary, I have had enough. My husband needs to pay ...

***Trigger Warning*** The following work of fiction contains verbal, drug use, and physical violence. Read Part One | Part Two | Part Three “Elizabeth!” She heard him screaming and ran down the stairs. “I’m here Valentin.” “Elizabeth, can you believe what those interns did today?” She tried to comfort him. “Now, Valentin, they are immature!” “What?” Then he slapped ...