http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/08/on-accidents/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/08/on-accidents/#comment-4699 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:24:06 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=4111#comment-4699 Ruth–Thank you for sharing your story. You’ve overcome tremendous odds. I’m happy to hear you were able to find a way out and start over. You are definitely a survivor.

]]> http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/08/on-accidents/#comment-4695 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:47:56 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=4111#comment-4695 I was horrified to read about Hiram Monserrate. I grew up under a physically abusive mother, and my first marriage was also abusive. My husband threw me down the stairs in the apartment when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant with our first child. I ran away and slept and lived behind a gas station for three days before returning home. After our second child was born, my husband began to drink heavily and continued the physical abuse. Finally, while the children were still very young, I divorced him.

]]> http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/08/on-accidents/#comment-4688 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:30:19 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=4111#comment-4688 I hadn’t heard about Hiram Monserrate. Thanks Kelley for bringing attention to this very important issue. I know people who have been beaten by their husbands. Thank God they survived the violence, but they too are scarred for life.

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