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As the former wife of not one, but two abusive men, I have had a lot of experience with that life. It started before I was even born though. As my father was also an abuser. He is now doing life in prison with no possibility of parole for the pre-meditated murder of my step-mother. In which he stabbed her 36 times in front of my 3 year old sister. I do believe it is a generational curse. Thanks be to God for setting me free. Now my children have hope for the future. I will go into depth about all this as I can bring myself to write about it. Just keep checking back.

Partnership Against Domestic Violence

ARE YOU BEING ABUSED?

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A hundred years from now, it will not matter what sort of house I lived in, what my bank account was, or what kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. Albert Einstein

This is the face of evil.

When ever I think of the evil I have endured in my life, I think, is this what I want to be surrounded by for all eternity? Of course it's not!

With evil so rampant in the world, it makes me wonder...

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I had heard this somewhere many years ago. I couldn't stop thinking about it as I was living with all the "craziness" going on around me while I was being abused. I just knew I had to do something different or it was never going to stop.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein

Everytime you take a man back who is abusing you, thinking that he will change, THAT is insanity!

Changing LINKS

"Till Death Do Us Part"

THIS IS A MUST SEE!!!
THIS shows what abuse is all about.
(One of the most amazing and disturbing flash videos ever made.)
Don't believe me? Watch it for yourself-and YOU be the judge!

P.S. This magic wand did not get me out of my abuse-filled life...prayer did.



	National Every 9 seconds a woman is battered in the United States. More than 50% of women will experience some form of violence from their spouses. In 1998, 1,500 women were murdered by current or past intimate partners. Children who are raised in a home where the mother is battered are 15 times more likely to be abused than children who are raised in non-violent homes. 50% of the men who frequently assault their wives also frequently abuse their children. Girls are sexually abused three times more often than boys, while boys are at a greater risk for emotional neglect and serious injury from physical abuse. Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former intimate, to 3.9 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners per year. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that 37% of all women who sought care in hospital emergency rooms for violence-related injuries were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. About four in ten female victims of intimate partner violence lived in households with children under age 12. Forty percent of teenage girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend. Studies of the Surgeon General's office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44, more common than automobile accidents, muggings, and cancer deaths combined. Other research has found that half of all women will experience some form of violence from their partners during marriage, and that more than one-third are battered repeatedly every year. �having a verbally abusive partner is a variable "most likely" to predict that a woman would be victimized by an intimate partner. These findings support the theory that violence perpetrated against women by intimates is often part of a systematic pattern of dominance and control. Only about one-seventh of all domestic assaults come to the attention of the police. Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children witness their mothers or female caretakers being abused. Young women, between the ages of 16-24 in dating relationships experience the highest rate of domestic violence and sexual assault. An average of 28% of high school and college students experience dating violence at some point. 26% of pregnant teens reported being physically abused by their boyfriends - about half of them said the battering began or intensified after he learned of her pregnancy. 7% of men who beat their wives do so at least 3 times per year. 57% of homeless families identified domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness. State In 2000, 59 women in Georgia were killed by male intimate partners. Of those ages listed, the oldest victim was 59 and the youngest victim was 16. 8 of these women resided in the two counties served by The Partnership Against Domestic Violence. In Georgia, approximately 50,000 calls were made to domestic violence crisis lines in 1998. Georgia family violence shelters served approximately 18,000 adults and 10,000 children during 1998, including shelter provision for 3,257 women and 3,693 children. Every 30 minutes, a child is the victim of confirmed abuse in Georgia. Children Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence by family members against their mothers or female caretakers. In homes where partner abuse occurs, children are 1,500 times more likely to be abused. 40-60% of men who abuse women also abuse children. Fathers who batter mothers are 2 times more likely to seek sole physical custody of their children than are non-violent fathers. In one study, 27% of domestic homicide victims were children. When children are killed during a domestic dispute, 90% are under age 10; 56% are under age 2. In The Workplace Domestic Violence causes American employees to miss 175,000 workdays per year. Abusive husbands harass 74% of employed battered women at work, either in person or over the telephone. 13,000 acts of violence each year are committed against women in the workplace by husbands and boyfriends.