Ari Anita Miller: Kindergartener When I got to school this morning, police cars were everywhere. Policeman walked around the building. Mommy walked me to the front door like she always does, but Mrs. Lockley wouldn’t let Mommy take me to breakfast. Mommy always walks me to breakfast, then we throw my trash away, and weContinueContinue reading “Is My School Safe?”
Category Archives: Abuse/Violence
The Rooftop Blanket of Darkness
Shame This is the first of a series of short stories explaining the difficulty I face in admitting the brokenness with which I was raised. I speak to the shame that has plagued society for generations, that of domestic violence. It is a human condition issue; no one is immune, and I believe eachContinueContinue reading “The Rooftop Blanket of Darkness”
Too Scared to Leave
“Why do abused women stay?” one might ask. Walk into my past with me and try to understand one of the reasons I stayed with a violent husband for fifteen years. I became brainwashed that I was too stupid to support four children on my own. He warned me that he would get me firedContinueContinue reading “Too Scared to Leave”
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