My mother had me when she was 20 years old. My parents divorced shortly after I was born. When I was about 4 or so My mother met her next husband and father of my little sister and brother. The abuse was an all the time thing. I don't quite remember it but it happened. When my mom was pregnant with my brother, her husband beat and raped her for the last time!! He made her face look like hamburger meat. My mom is such a strong and beautiful woman. I truly admire her and she is my hero! She is so caring and fun. She made sure that we would no longer live in fear.

I was with a man that abused me phsically, sexually and emotionally.

I was a victim of domestic violence for almost 20 years. I finally left for good the third time. I am back in school to be a teacher and went through my local 64 hour training to be certified as an advocate. Last month I did my first presentation, "DV 101", for the same training that I just went through. Every bit of advocacy that I do helps me recover from my long years of abuse. I also used WEAVE services when I lived in the Sacto area and, after years of being told I "like drama" and "it didn't happen", they helped me realize I was a victim.

THANK YOU WEAVE for bringing me to life after i have been shattered,THANK YOU for being my family and support during my hard time.I would never forget the two years of help done by amazing staff for an abused broken Moroccan woman.THANK YOU for making me strongerand making diffrence in my whole life. HANANE

My parents got divorced, when I was 5 years old. I was sexually molested by my own grandfather from age 4 to age 5. I grew up from age 7 to age 18 with my mothers abusive drunk boyfriend living in our apartment. Drugs and alcohol were huge in my environment. I was not physical abused, but my mother was everyday.

Thank You W.E.A.V.E. ! Getting the strenght to leave a 15 year Abusive Marriage.couldn't be done without the WEAVE Staff and programs. with the care and support I recieved from the Staff made it feel like I had a Best Friend whom I can go to for Advise and help. Thank You, T Baldizan

Today I have been fine but back then I lived horrible .But thanks to WEAVE I have survived.My type of violence was physical but it is over now.

Today I have been fine but back then I lived horrible .But thanks to WEAVE I have survived.My type of violence was physical but it is over now.

Hi. I just wanted to say THANK YOU to WEAVE. A while back I lived in an abusive relationship. As an 18 year old, I didn't know what to do or where to go or who to turn to. I was beaten physically, emotionally, mentally, and sexually. I always thought it was my fault because he always blamed me no matter how much I tried to please him. It didn't matter what I did, it was always my fault. He made death threats to me. I don't know if that was normal. But the death threats still rings in my ear today. I remember using ropes and belts together to tie my jeans up.

I was controlled and abused for 8 long years. From about 16-20, it was very physical. I was blinded by what i thought was love, got married, and had kids. The abuse became less physical, always was controlling, and turned very verbal and mental. So much to handle, i was slipping into a funk. I started doing research, lots of research on the weave site, on dv forums, they all said the same thing: i was being abused and NEEDED to get out. 25 years old i finally woke up and realized what i needed to do.