Aunt Minnie

Awe SG.....how sad this makes me feel......too many Ladies take abuse amd no one does anything about it......purple luv & hugs xo :)

So good to see you, flower, thank you.

Back in those days nothing much was done
about spousal abuse. They considered it to
be under the marriage contract and refused
to intercede.

Every family has its unwritten rules and unspoken secrets, all too often we see these horrors as kids and sometimes regrettably repeat them as adults

Many thanks,Lobo!, for your far-ranging, honest comments,
and I tend to agree wholeheartedly with then.

Jerry such a powerful write I feel for your loss and the trauma you experienced as a child..

love Brenda

Brenda, I thank you so much for you kind comments. It is true that I had a not-so-normal childhood, and even a for sure not-so-normal adulthood. The only good thing coming from either is that both childhood and adulthood gives me plenty material for writing my poetry.

Eeeeesh....such a sad memory to have to carry with you...no one should have to be subjected to this...not the one being abused of course, nor the ones witnessing and unable to help...I hug you knowing if you could have stopped him, you would have...

Taryn

Thanks for the hug, Taryn and here's one back . . . (((((hugs)))))

I like to think I would have stepped in when he was acting ugly. Embarrassed me and then pissed me off everyone was staring off into space when he was in one of his goddamn crazy moods.

it's amazing which memories and perspectives and questions from childhood stay with us forever

Yes, it is amazing, I tend to recall the bizarre most of the time. Thank you Fatboy.

damn this is morbid