I want to start off with a trigger warning disclaiming abuse. I have been out of a five year abusive marriage since the beginning of the pandemic. I am still healing and learning everyday. I thought I was fully healed, until I got into a very serious relationship. But I…

You know how I find imaginary love? I go to listen to a musician play like they’re singing to only me. I’ve done this for many years. And I wait for that one second. that one second the musician locks eyes with mine. When ours souls magically meet. I pretend it happened on purpose, like I wasn’t some person in the crowd, like I wasn’t just another fan to make smile. I take that one second to feel their eyes and energy are only focused on me, and nobody else, because that’s what i want. Like the words they sing and spill from their mouth. I want those words of love.

Don’t believe a man when he said he told his family about you In the photo, at the top of the article, is from a post that I made on my Instagram page, Kaya Gravitter. It is something that I hundred percent agree in. Being that if a man does…

A Heartbreaking I Love You Letter I’m writing this to a person I loved but it never worked out. It hurts. My heart feels like it has been ripped out of my chest. I hope he sees this. I know we talked for a short time, but the way I…

Questions You Should Stop Asking Domestic Violence Survivors As a domestic violence survivor, I can tell you that that there are questions that I have been asked that either trigger, sadden, or anger me. Some of the questions are: Why didn’t you leave sooner? Why didn’t you see a couples therapist? Why didn’t you reach out to anyone? Don’t you still love him though? Why did you snitch ? Do you want to ruin his life?

Because I Asked For A Mahr (Dowry) I was Harassed By a Man (Imam) and His Family I am mostly talking from my experience, but often times I see converts in particular being treated horribly for asking for a mahr (dowry). …

Why Me and So Many Other Women are Done With Dating Apps So, I recently have had this conversation with several women about Muslim men not being any different than a regular man. They are not more pious. They are not different in their mindset. Point is: men are men…

Healing From an Abusive Relationship Now that I have left an abusive relationship, I have been focusing on healing and finding myself again. That has been a whole process in itself. Overall, I’m trying to stay as busy as possible, focus on finding myself again, and working. Because when I…

Why did it take me so long to leave my abusive husband? When I was a teenager I used to say, “how could a woman ever stay with a man that abused her?” I’d continue with, “I would never stay with a man that would abuse me.” …