Teri again

Can’t we raise the standard?

A man puts a gun to his wife’s head. His sister tells the wife it’s both your fault. A man in power has sex with a young secretary the wife defends the husband. The girl is shamed. She loses her job. A mother tells a wife if he doesn’t like squash don’t cook it then he won’t get angry.

Why aren’t you afraid?

Almost every Friday I set with a group of women who like me are victims of emotional and physical abuse. This is a closed group with strict rules: be faithful, honest, and listen to the feedback. It’s a tight group with a committed core. I sat perched waiting for the talking ball to be passed to me. I usually come in and say little, but tonight there was a plan, I wanted to vent…..

Who does that?

After working a day shift, then covering the graveyard, I crawled into bed at 5am. Luckily it was still dark. My goal was to fall asleep before the sun rose. I can’t sleep if the sun is shining and I had to be back to work by 11a.m. 7:30: I woke up to “What time are you getting up?” I mumbled “10” “I need to wash the pillow cases” Seriously! My eyes flew open, dam, the sun!