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The Never-Ending Divorce My ex-husband was abusive shortly after we married in 1988. I never thought abuse happened to women like me; well educated, living on the upper East Side…
Surviving the Domestic Abuse That Nearly Killed Her
When I met my first husband, I was a 19-year-old college student, book smart, full of compassion and a peacemaker from birth. He was a broken man with no familial support to speak of and…
One Mother’s Poignant Campaign After Losing Her Son to Overdose
I grew up in New Jersey, in a close-knit Italian family. My husband, Tito, is from Argentina. I have three sisters and a brother and between us we have nine kids who are all very…
Overcoming Tragedy To Realize Her Dream of Motherhood
I grew up in suburban Middletown, New Jersey, one of four siblings born into a strict, working class Catholic family. After graduating from Kean College, I began a successful sales career at MCI and for…
From Divorce and Addiction to Happiness and Peace
I am the middle sibling of three daughters born in 1956 in Jersey City, NJ. My childhood was difficult; my mother was overwhelmed, and I felt unwanted and unloved. Through my teenage years, I endured…
Turning the Loss of Her Son Into a BIGVISION For Sober Life
I was born in Brooklyn, New York in the 60’s where I had a very nice, normal childhood in a modern orthodox Jewish family. My family included a brother and a sister, great parents, and…
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