by Haddy

Created on: November 10, 2008

Is there life after domestic violence? Some people would say that it depends on the situation. I have a deep rooted feeling that if you were to ask some people they would say,"absolutely not." Ask me, and I'll straight out tell you, "no." This is why I feel the way I do about domestic violence.

A few years back I was at a hotel in British Columbia, Canada. I was at a weekend conference. I was heading downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast one morning, when I heard a woman weeping. She was crying uncontrollably in the coridor. People were gathering around her trying desperately to calm her.

My heart lurched as I listened to her gut wrenching sobs. I couldn't help but wonder what had caused her such agony. I had to go to her. It was instinct. I had to listen to her story. I had to wrap my arms around her and plead with her to be ok.

I'll never forget that moment as long as I live. I looked into her eyes and the pain I felt resonating back was almost more then I could bear. I pleaded with her to tell me what was troubling her. her eyes were red and weepy and she said in between breaths that It was her fault. Her babies were gone and it was because of her. I pushed away the well meaning people and forced her up to my room. It's as if something compelled me to. Once in my room, I wrapped her in my arms and I demanded that she tell me everything.

This is what she told me. She had fallen in love with this wonderful man that she had met at church. He had been a part of her church since he was a kid, and everybody loved him dearly. He was charming and sweet and she fell head over heels in love with him. Their union was encouraged from the very beginning. You see they made a sweet couple. They married after six months of dating. She was so excited about spending the rest of her life with such an incredible man.

Nine months almost to the date her little AbbY and Andrew were born. Fraternal twins. They were beautiful and healthy and she felt so blessed. She told me she'd never felt so happy. In fact they all lived happily ever after for about a year. And then happily ever after abruptly ended. Her husband began changing. She told me she couldn`t say what caused it she only knew it became bad. He began getting angry at her for little things. His reactions were strong in comparison to the injustices he`d felt were being directed at him. It wasn`t long after that he began hitting her. Then he began hitting her hard. Sometimes till she passed out from the pain.She told me she

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