In this week’s column I am going to digress from the usual format of chronicling the life experiences of women to address a swirling issue that has exploded in the virtual world, but does not seem to have taken root in the physical realm where actual damage has been done.
“I really did think that when I get this new job things would get so much better.
“It is like something was wrong with he in he head.
“When I see the land and saw where it was, I felt like instantly a part of me died.
June 28th, 2022 is a day that will remain etched in my memory forever.
“I was very excited to get this job because it was long I was looking, you know.
As we celebrate our father’s today worldwide we are republishing in this space a piece in which a young woman spoke of her love for her Dad.
“Me life living in fear, I know he brutal and he would kill me.
“Is the same feeling, you know that anxious feeling. You does call it anxiety, well that is what happening right now.
“I feel bad because they come out of my belly. When I was younger I take care of them and now they get big they turn they back on me.
“This is it fuh me. I don’t want another man and if he is not for me then I give up.
“It was not a nice experience at all… I just don’t know what to say.
“When the pandemic came it was already a struggle for me because the elections was there and people was not coming.
“The first time she run away it was like my whole heart did get cut out.
“I happy fuh school to open. I know it guh be a lil hard because now you have to think about putting things in the lunch kit when before you know wah ever lil you get you just cook and left fuh them.
During last week the public at large viewed a shocking video of a young woman being viciously abused.
“Every month is a different story. Some months there is nothing and some other months it is not even half of what is supposed to be there.
This week, a sister walks us through the process of her divorce and filing for child support.
“It is really heartbreaking. Sometimes you are feeling that you are the only one facing this and the court is being unfair and you are being treated terribly but there are so many other women who are going through the same thing.
Last Monday, a beautiful life ended tragically. Trudy De Haarte was more than the woman who walked in the Brickdam Police Station and ended her life with the stun gun she had used when rescuing countless dogs and other animals; she had a passion for this work.
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