CAN BE TRIGGERING ...

Rhapsody,

The gun he held up to me, telling me he would kill me if I told ... the knife ... the smash across my face because he felt my teeth ... yes, I've thought about why he didn't just finish me off. And I've through about death a lot since then, tried to head that way by my own had a couple of times. But the image in my mind of my daughter crying, trying to understand why I left, that kept me alive for her when I didn't have it in me to live for myself.

The life sentence they leave us with, I dunno -- I just try to look more at the courage and gentle dignity that I see here, where we come together to survive. We have not been defeated.

Thank you for your honesty. It's beautiful.

be well,

mtd