“Prior disputes were included in our verbal quarrels. He was consistent with making it clear he hadn’t wanted another child with me, and he’d reminded me he never wanted the one we had. Clawing at my aching chest as our arguments permitted and our relationship struggled, I literally felt heart-wrenching pain as he spoke harm into my character. How could anyone speak harm to the one they claimed to love? Though frustrated, I hardly voiced anything that could hurt him, or bruise his pride. Clearly, he hadn’t the slightest idea how his phrases haunted me…”
But Still I Rise
