I’m on the train. I’m really on the train. We have two pairs of seats facing each other, one for me, one for Linus, one for Boo and one for the shopping bag. My stomach is doing backflips. I just want this train to go… NOW! I help the babies remove their jackets and they [...]
The hands on the clock seem to be glued as the hours endlessly drag on and on. In two days, I will make my escape…if my nerves don’t collapse, if I don’t lose it… Every noise seems amplified in the fear of getting caught and the exhilaration of planning. My hearing is damaged so I [...]
Rounding the corner, I see the huge pot he’d used to pour ice water over me. Hair is plastered to my head, sweater and panties… soaked…shaking from cold and rage…I grab the broom.
He’s setting up the bed…. I start wailing on him with the broom. He’s so surprised, he’s in shock for a split second. [...]
Linus and Boo won’t go to sleep unless I’m sleeping in their room. I set up camp on the floor between their beds and they’re good with that. Linus runs the minute she hears the shower going. Something tells me she will do this for a very long time to come. She watches the bathroom door [...]
The screams coming from Linus nearly gave me heart failure. I dropped my cup and ran.
She just keeps screaming, Mommy! Mommy!
As I ran through the kitchen, I saw him holding Linus down in the shower, her little arms and legs kicking and flailing as the water overwhelmed her, almost drowning her. It all happened [...]