My story – Jonathan O

I am a Male survivor of domestic violence. I have two children ages 6 and 10. This is my story. My story starts December 25th 2016. The day I said Merry Christmas. After that day everything moved so fast it was almost a blur. I met the most perfect person in the world. She confided […]

My story – Erica Ridnour

,on March 3rd 2021 I was attacked by my ex of years 70 times both my main arteries were stabbed as well as my juggluar an my right eye. I also had a broken neck frackered clavicle an 2 strokes also a brain injury an as lot more but I had to learn how to […]

My story – Elizabeth S

It took a long time for me to say the words I am a survivor of Domestic Violence. He was the first person I seriously dated. I was in the middle of nursing school at that time and he was a police officer. It was a whirlwind romance. 20 years later looking back he never […]

My story – Jacqueline F

After my first marriage getting married at 17, having 2 children with a mentally unstable, bipolar extremely violent husband who punched me, kicked me down stairs, locked me outside in the snow, threaten to kill me and my children. I vowed to Never be with anyone violent or abusive again! Just to turn around and […]

My story – Amber T

My name is Amber Termine. I was with my abuser for 8 and a half years. It started amazing he was great my daughter from a previous relationship was 5 months old at the time. He would buy diapers bring me flowers whenever he got the chance. He also had a daughter from a previous […]

My story – Tammie J

Hello, my name is Tammie, and I am a paralegal/Victim Advocate for West TN Legal Services. I am here to talk to you today about domestic violence. I received an Associates of Applied Science from Kaplan University in 2007. I was a bankruptcy paralegal for over 20 years and in 2020 I decided to make […]