today i wore purple

May is Stop Domestic Violence, Go Purple.

For more information go here.

I know a woman whose husband slapped her.
She secretly packed, so he wouldn't know she was taking her kids, & leaving him.

I know 2 different ladies,
who were both choked by their husbands.

I know mothers who had to stay in
domestic violence shelters, with their children,
 when they had nowhere else to go.

I know someone whose boyfriend
 put her in the hospital,
because he beat her up.

It's one of those silent things
that no one wants to talk about.

It could happen to someone you love or know.
It's one of those things we wish weren't real.

If you know someone that needs help,
 you can call  1-888-606-HOPE
 It's the Friends & Family Help Line

..."Cover-up with make-up in the mirror 
Tell yourself it's never gonna happen again 
You cry alone and then he swears he loves you...

Do you feel like a man 
When you push her around? 
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground? 
Well I'll tell you my friend one day this world's going to end As your lies crumble down a new life she has found...

One day she will tell you that she has had enough"... Face Down by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus