RIP Betsy

Anyone that really knows me knows who Betsy is.  To many she was just a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser base model, vanilla in color.  But to me she was one of the first symbols of my independence.  The first car with the title in my name only.  The first car I was completely...

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Statistics on Domestic Violence

Last night I attended a training session to begin volunteering with the YWCA domestic violence program.  They told us some statistics that were pretty eye-opening for me and I would like to share them with you: A woman is beaten every 15 seconds in the U.S. 1 out of every 4 women in the U.S. will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.  There were 3 survivors in the training session,...

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