A slap of reality

I was perusing the online news headlines to find the story about a syndicated radio deejay who passed away suddenly at way too young of an age. He was someone I grew up with. Someone who kept me company in the car on the commute to work when I used to have to drive to an office.

That news saddened me, but it was one of the other headlines on the page that had a much more profound impact.

"Woman dies after being attacked by her husband."

Tears were in my eyes before I even got to the first paragraph. Sometime in the middle of the night, he assaulted her. The story said the police didn't expect her to die from her injuries. But she did.

It slapped me into reality because it could have been me if I hadn't left my ex. My ex was only physically violent a couple of times, but he had it in him. I never knew what would make him snap.

This woman was a mother of two who have no parents now and a daughter. I'm sure she also had friends and work colleagues and others who cared about her. Did she know she was in danger? Was she afraid to leave? Was death better than staying with him?

No women deserves that end, but it's up to them to seek help before it's too late.

Love to the single girls,
Addison