A Journey Through Domestic Violence: Part 1
A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill I recently escaped from an abusive marriage; one that lasted an unbelievable 17 years. By a string of miracles, I was rescued from my tyrant...
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill Long sleeves and lies War never takes a wicked man by chance, but the good man always. ~ Sophocles. When my husband returned from a year-long...
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill Indentured servant Handcuffs aren’t always visible to the eye. The invisible ones are the worst, because it’s really hard to find the key....
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill Breaking the news “Old friend, here we are…after all the years and tears, and all that we’ve been through…it feels so good to see you.” –...
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill The painful truth When I got home that day, Steve was waiting for me. He had found out that I had lied about going to see my aunt a month...
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill Tornadoes It’s like a storm that cuts a path…it breaks your will. It feels like that. You think your lost, but your not lost, on your...
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A personal journey as lived and written by Penny Deerhill Black out When we walked outside to check the damage, we were amazed that we were still alive. It had skipped over the house, but it had...
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A place to find myself On May 2, the power finally kicked on. I don’t have words to describe how good it felt to have air conditioning again, in the Alabama humidity. With the power came the ability to...
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As Lived And Written by Penny Deerhill Mothers Day How appropriate. I had come back on Mother’s Day, to the only reasons that I had left to be there. When I went in, I knew it would be the saddest...
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