I was tagged in the story below by a dear friend on Instagram and I just had to bring it here to share with you all. Now, while this story has a happy ending, a lot of others do not because women going through domestic violence do not summon up the courage to leave and get help away from their violent partner.
No act of domestic violence should be condoned. Many have died and many are dying as a result of this. Only a few make it out alive quickly enough to have such a happy ending as you would read below.
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“Every
once in a while in the middle of ordinary life, love gives us a fairytale”
I feel that I am living a real life fairytale and I am so blessed to have found
my prince charming.
I’ve learned that fairytales are
REAL, not because they tell us dragons exists, but that the dragon can be
beaten!
In January of 2012, I survived a
horrific and senseless act of violence that never should have happened. I was
attacked and stabbed 32 times outside my mother’s home by an abusive
ex-boyfriend I met in high school. I had broken up with him 3 months prior
because of the abuse. 19 stabs were in my head, neck, and face…. The rest were
defensive stabs on my hands and arms. I flat-lined 4 times in the ER, received
12 units of blood, suffered a stroke in my cerebellum, had a fractured skull
and nose, missing two teeth, right facial paralysis, stabbed larynx, and was
severely beaten.
It’s a miracle I am still alive
today…even the doctors say so. I know God saved me, He couldn’t stop what
happened but He did perfectly line up each individual after the attack who had
a hand in saving me…. I believe I was saved to tell my story. Following that
horrific night, I felt the conviction to become an advocate and dedicate my
life to speaking out against the violence that is wreaking havoc on our
generation.
I never thought the day would come
that I’d trust someone enough to date them. I was always worried about how I
could ever explain to someone all that had happened to me or let my guard down
to trust again. That was until I met Cameron.
I never had to
worry about explaining to him what happened to me because he already knew. He
is a Firefighter-EMT and was on my call that horrific night. He was the one who
set up the landing zone for the helicopter and helped load me into it.
We met about a year
later as a surprise when I was giving my first keynote speech for my
community’s local domestic violence center. He invited my mom and I to dinner
at the fire station so we could spend some time with all of our heroes on the
crew. Both of us instantly knew it was meant to be and after a couple months of
getting to know each other, we had our official first date. I believe God
brought us together and there is a reason he was on duty that night…. it was to
meet once again when the timing was right.
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