In honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month my girlfriend Jackie Young wrote a post linking my original post on October first on why we should inform as many people as we can about domestic violence. I went to her website and read a poem she wrote back in 2007 and it made me mad. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not her fault, the circumstances are what made me made. Here’s the poem:

regifting

there once was a girl with a bum leg
cause she didn’t move to do what he said
he tried to push her out a window
she told the punk she wouldn’t go
and gifted him with a pan upside the head

© Jackie Young ~ 2007

I believe that the whole pretty on the outside mentality is what leads us to believe that we have to be slammed up against a wall to really be able to call it abuse or that it’s not really abuse if we have all of our teeth and if patches of hair aren’t pulled out of our heads from the root. But let me not back track, or trample on her poem. Click here to read the story behind the poem. Just remember, there are some pretty, polished dime pieces out there who are hurting and have been abused. They are empty shells that are dripping with the finer things in life (or sometimes not) and have been left brainwashed into thinking that as long as they don’t “look” they are being abused, then they have the white picket fence. Let’s stop fooling ourselves. Abuse is abuse whether you’re hit or emotionally or financially manipulated. Let’s stop thinking that all abuse leaves VISIBLE bruises.

Our website THE PLURALTHING.COM is a ministry that teaches singles and couples how to love better and work through issues. Join, read articles and dialog with others who may be in the same situation as you. You can also log on to the sister site LOVEBETTERCAMP.COM and read our Monday Morning series that also has spiritually uplifting articles that teaches us how to love better as well, not just in romantic relationship but between friends, sisters, brothers, children and more. You can also support our ministry by purchasing one of our Love Better Promise Bracelets, which is also a reminder as you wear it this October to Love Better not just for Domestic Violence Awareness Month but ALL YEAR LONG! CLICK to Get Yours HERE for only $3.95 (includes shipping).

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Thank you.

P.S. I’d love to discuss this on Twitter. Follow me @MissPrincessDom or @ThePluralThing