The weekend started off on a great note: I invited SO out for a prime rib dinner at our favorite location, compliments of ME. As we were starting out our evening, Winona SD18, started whining about how hungry she was, to which we replied "there is LOTS of food here, cook yourself something!"

I spoke with Winona briefly after the fight with BM, Wednesday. She told me the gist of things - that she was trying to record her mother while drunk, and had been arguing with mothers boyfriend, Tweedle prior. This recording led to her mother snapping, and choking her and slapping her and body slamming her. I do not know in which order.

My response was to tell her "it will happen again. No matter what she tells you, no matter how many times or how much she apologizes, the physical barrier has been broken, and she knows she can get away with it now."

After reading recent posts, and learning more about the abuse suffered by fellow step-talkers, not just from step kids but from spouses, I saw this today and thought of everyone's stories and posts.

This could be any one of us, back then, and now we are stronger. I hope this woman knows that she is not alone! This happened in my current city of residence.

The weekend was starting off nicely, SO and I were on our way to a nice sushi dinner, and it happened so fast, in the blink of an eye, truly. A motorcycle was zipping right past us as we were turning right onto a busy street, and I had a premonition that something bad was about to happen. He flipped and his shoes flew in the air. Luckily he was still breathing as I called 911, and the ambulance was there less than 5 minutes later, along with a few police cars to direct the traffic.