Violence comes in many forms: physical, verbal and mental abuse and ugly stares full of hate. I have experienced them all. I remember being pushed, hollered at, and pinched by my grandfather who was partially responsible for raising me. He was an alcoholic who was drunk most of the time. His violence extended to sexually abusing us as young children. When my father died, my mother took her grief out on me. She expected me to be her number one assistant because she was left to raise four children. Later, I married a man who was not only violent but also an addict…
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