Breaking Up With Domestic Abuse

Breaking up is hard to do and could be even more difficult when you’re the victim of domestic abuse. 

Sounds crazy?  Yes, I know it does.  One would think that upon the first use of force, the wounded would pick up their pride and head for the door. 

No reason could justify staying, and one could only conjure the rationalization… pure insanity, be it temporary or long term. 

It’s down right foolish to take a whipping and then stay in the relationship, but people do it every day.

The main character in Seasons Change, Annette Styles, suffered from long term domestic abuse.  And it wasn’t until seeing the trauma in her son’s eyes… watching her child urinate in the hallway as he observed his father beating her on the kitchen floor that she stopped making excuses and saw the violence for what it was. 

Annette called her best friend, Monica Moses for consolation.  Though their lifestyles are light years apart, as Annette is a black woman, a minimum wage daycare provider, who is financially dependant, and who confesses to be “strictly dickly” and Monica is a white, gun-toting, lesbian, who owns a small business and is financially independent, there was no one else on earth that Annette would call when she couldn’t see past her own misery.
 
Monica comforts Annette with words of wisdom, breaking down data so Annette can swallow reality without regurgitating, but Monica can't sugar coat...  With unconditional love, she forced Annette to hear words that were harsh, and reminded her of stories that Annette tried desperately to forget about. 

Monica is indeed a force to be reckoned with, but on the inside she is as sweet as pumpkin pie.  Though, through no fault of her own, she had been on the opposite side of the law, Monica is a woman that believes in justice, even though, justice was not always fair. 

Annette takes the first step towards righteousness all by herself.  She left Montel.  But will her insecurity cause her to go back to him? 

You’ll have to read my book to see.  J  I’m crossing my fingers that Seasons Change will be published by the end of January 2011. 

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~ Jennifer Lightburn