If you ever walked a day in her shoes,
If you ever suffered the perpetual and insurmountable pain and anguish of having your children deceitfully and maliciously ripped from your heart and isolated from you,
If you ever had to cry yourself to sleep night after night over the once-in-a-lifetime events and childhood experiences that were so selfishly stolen from you,
If you ever experienced the guilt and helplessness of wondering what you could have done differently, what more you could have done,
If you ever watched your most trusted and cherished friends and family suddenly abandon you and incomprehensibly not only condone but contribute to your injustice,
If you ever looked in the mirror and wondered what happened to the innocent, trusting, happy person with hopes and dreams who used to occupy this brittle, empty shell,
If you ever walked a day in her shoes,
You would never, ever again ask
“Why does she stay?”
Written April 24, 2008
By HCWC client, age 53
