A good friend asked me today how I felt about publishing my first book. I told him that the reality has not sunk in yet.

I never thought I would write a book. In fact I never thought I would be writing a blog. I always thought I would live a quiet, unassuming life. I have always viewed myself as an introverted person. No I am not introverted with my friends or family but I tend to be the type of person who blends in and does not feel comfortable being “out there”.

I am every woman. I was brought up in a middle class family, attended good schools, became a success at work and yet I was a victim of domestic violence. If it could happen to me it could happen to anyone.

I wrote “Victory Over Violence” in the hopes that women who have endured their own struggles find something from my story and realize that they too can create the financially self-sufficient life that they choose and achieve their own “Victory over Violence”.

I found that there are some things in life where I had to take a stand and say “Enough”. Domestic violence is that issue for me. I will continue to write and stand up against domestic violence and if that means I am “out there” then so be it.