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Look Through the Lens of Her Dark Sunglasses and See The Strength
The grief and pain of losing herself
Daily, she lives in a home with eggshell carpets and closed-in walls. Secrets, lies, and silence are the unspoken power and control of her existence.
Her dreams of love and happiness were shattered. She went looking for the fairytale and ended up in a nightmare. The flip side of being addicted to love.
Embarrassed by the discolored skin, the lines of worry at the edges of her once bright eyes, and the tears that leak from her spirit, she wears dark glasses to hide.
The pain.
The sorrow.
The betrayal.
Try, if you can, to look beyond all the layers of cover-up and see the wounded spirit. Can you see her desperate plea for someone to save her? Do you feel her fear, shame, and grief?
She wants someone to help her stop playing hide-and-seek between what she used to believe and the truth of what life has become now.
But just can’t ask.
Sad but true, domestic violence is still a silent epidemic. After all, it is the nature of the beast. Statistics in the United States alone show that one in four women and one in nine men are victims of domestic…
