UNDER NEW CIRCUMSTANCES
I am seventy one and years old and recently divorced.
I have been living in hell, with a man that criticized, belittled and emotionally abused me throughout the entirety of our marriage.
Missing Kansas and the Rains down in Africa.
Oh my dear H. Nemesis Nyx . This story, your story…..
In one of your responses, you said you missed Kansas and the rains down in Africa. Kansas? I can sing “somewhere over the rainbow” but that’s about as close as I can get you to Kansas.
It’s very kind of you to say that. It’s every writer’s dream to know that their words nurture and help ‘grow’ other people’s lives. A letter like yours says whatever I’m doing is working at least for some people and that, let me assure you, is the best knowledge. Thank you
Oh Amanda, I can’t tell you how sad, sorry and angry, I am, to read your story and how in awe, I am, of your courage in telling it.
As a pre-school teacher, I actually found it difficult to breathe whilst reading your story. I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I wanted to protect that little girl. I wanted to rush in…