Welcome to Chicago,now run. Voices in my head telling me to run because it ain’t your time to die tonight. I'm sweating and out of breath. Don’t know which way to go just know I have to keep moving like the wind. Standing in unfamiliar places and staring at the darkness that’s before me. I forge ahead not knowing if I will emerge from the other side. Feeling my way I can’t see my hand in front of my face. My heart is racing, my breath is short and quick. Is this fear or has d eath found me here in the hour of midnight? Voices in my head say it’s not death but adrenaline pumping through your veins. Run. I keep moving until I see the light and I burst through like a crack of sunlight through a bedroom curtain. I am the dawn. I am the light. I stand here with life coursing through my body shaken but not defeated. Rejuvenated from my experience, thankful to be alive and thankful for the voices in my head that led me through the night and back home to you. Wri...
When we think of domestic violence with usually assume the victim is female. According to the CDC , one in seven adult men in the U.S. will become a victim of domestic violence by an intimate partner during his lifetime. That’s upwards of three million or more male domestic violence victims every year, or one man in America abused by an intimate or domestic partner every 37.8 seconds. Why does domestic violence against men go unreported? Some men are ashamed to admit that they are victims and in other cases some feel victimized again when their is a lack of police response. From the huffington Post: According to one recent study, 83 percent of victims who had an attorney help them file a restraining order successfully obtained one, compared to approximately 30 percent of victims who went it alone. Men are considered weak A man is not supposed to be a controlled physically by a woman. This stigma often prevents them from not only ...
What does it take to be a good husband? Listen to the Art Chat Daddy Radio show where I will be a guest. Tune in on IHeart Radio WVON 1690 and on the AM dial WVON 1690 in Chicago. 8:30pm CST http://wvon.com/personalities/real-talk-real-people-with-art-chatdaddy-sims/
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