October was a whirlwind of travel for me visiting a number of cities to talk about Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I was even invited to the White House to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month with President Obama, Vice President Biden and White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal. I wrote about that in a recent The Business of Me post (http://www.thebusinessofme.com/the-business-of-me-blog.php ).

 I was also a guest speaker at the University of Rochester in New York at their conference titled "Interpersonal Violence: Bridging Research To Practice, A National Conference for Creative Dialogue and Collaborative Problem-Solving. I talked about my life and how  The Business of Me can help women survivors of domestic violence create independent self-sufficient lives. I want  to thank Dr. Catherine Cerulli for inviting me to participant at this conference.

Well, October is over and while it’s great to have rallies, ceremonies and other events to make the public aware of the impact of domestic violence for the millions of women and children who are still enduring abuse, the battle extends well past October. Let us not forget that somewhere in our country approximately 150 women are abused every hour. And you may know her. She may be the woman in the office next to you, she may be the woman on the coffee line with you every morning or standing in line next to you in the grocery store. She might be your neighbor, your sister, your daughter or you! I know her - she was me.

 Yes every hour over 150 women are abused every day and for them, and for us, the battle continues!