Thoughts on family, society and our culture today

[sistersage]

Saturday evening my husband (soon to be ex) flipped out and was physically abusive to me. He choked me and tried to throw me to the ground though I was holding onto the van where my baby was sitting and refused to be manhandled in such a way. As a result now, my right shoulder and neck have been hurting me. It feels worse after I get out of bed and I have been taking pain killers but this morning it's really bad. I can barely move my neck. I have school today and I am taking the kids to my mothers but I really just feel like going back to bed lol. This whole thing sucks but at least he can't hurt me anymore. I just hope that he gets some psychiatric help and gets his life back in order. I really don't want my kids to grow up without a father and I am really not angry with him. If anything, I blame his family. They have all brain washed him and made him believe that I am the enemy when all I have ever done was try to help him. If he would have stayed away from his family, I think our marrigae would have turned out a lot better. As it is, all his family wants to do is control him and control our children and I will not allow my children to be abused and brain washed the way that the rest of his family is. I will raise them better than that and give them a brighter future. This is 2009 after all not 1950, times have changed, society has changed and the world is a better place for women and people with dissabilities. We don't hide our mentally ill in the back room any longer and take pitty on them. They can lead a semi-normal and productive life if given the resources and opportunities!