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No One Should Have to Live Eight Years with Abuse – An Unnamed Mother’s Story

October 3, 2016

I was only 23 when I met him. It was my last semester at university, and I looked forward to a bright future. But then Alex came into my life. At first he was like a knight in shining armor, and then he became a devastating hurricane that left a broken shell of a human […]

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Motherhood Gave Me the Strength to Leave Abuse – Rachel’s Story

January 11, 2016

While I have never been one of those women naturally instilled with soaring levels of confidence, the amount I had worked hard to build was ripped to shreds by years of verbal abuse. I was treated terribly by the one who was supposed to be my partner. When I first met the man I would […]

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Hi! I'm Wynter. Wife to Jonathan and mama to Chloe, Adaya and Liam. I am a writer, artist, MarCom professional, freelance editor, and an avid gardener, TV lover and chocolate-covered cherries addict. Come back here each week for new, powerful stories of motherhood from real moms across the mother spectrum. Read More…

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