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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Having suffered domestic violence
And yes children suffer violence too
No man no matter how big well strike
a woman if I am in the area
One day wife and I were driving home
A man held a woman against the wall
She was bloodied and bruised when I got there
When I left he was out and I too was bruised
She hit me from behind with a huge board
That would not deter me from doing it again
In the past there was no help for wife and child
Mom died at age of 54 Cancer--and beatings
An alcoholic wino my father was six foot nine
I challenged him once at age thirteen
Mom and I rode to the hospital she at my side
She took the beatings but divorced him the next day
As children Sis and I were hidden from my father
I know today Mom hid with my step dad and his first wife
The next time I faced my father I held a shotgun
That story is told many times on my site
My father died in a house fire and is with the devil
I always regret having the weapon on my dad
But not the reason you might think I wanted to domesticate him







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