“Instead, we hastened to name an already much-loved child that was not ours to keep. Every alarm bell in my body went off.”
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“Instead, we hastened to name an already much-loved child that was not ours to keep. Every alarm bell in my body went off.”
“I realized I couldn’t remember when I last had a period. I took a pregnancy test when I got home. It was positive. I was pregnant. I was freaking out.”
“Usually ‘Sharon’ is a good friend, but sometimes she gets messy, so I have to take the bathroom mirror down. She will have bursts of anger, and has tried to run away. We had to get an alarm for her bedroom.”
“Is it when the socks don’t make it into the basket or the bathroom towel lays wet on the floor? Go ahead and pick up that sock, girl. Throw that towel over the rack. It’s okay.”
“‘She’s a Jehovah’s Witness. NO BLOOD, LET’S GO.’ I had faith that no matter the outcome I would be safe in Jehovah’s memory.”
“I remember him sobbing, telling me I’m the only woman ‘strong enough’ to fight back, so why didn’t I fight back? While changing clothes in our laundry room, I heard what sounded like a dumbbell dropping. I called to him and heard nothing. Our dogs were outside of our bedroom and nothing in the world could prepare you for what I found. My husband, lying on his back by that very weight set, bleeding. Emptiness is all I remember feeling. Regardless of the emotional and physical trauma this man had inflicted, I was traumatized.”
“Last year Cooper made it to exactly three houses before he pushed a pumpkin off a deck and tried to bust into the house to watch TV. He also walked backwards the whole time. Yes, backwards.”
“I was surprised by her question, wondering how she would have been able to guess that. ‘Yes he is,’ I answered the young woman. ‘How did you know?’”
“She pulled this off perfectly!”
“The alarm went off, I shut it off and the next thing I knew it was 31 minutes later. A mere 20 minutes before we had to be out the door. I panicked.”