Silent Cries of a Military Wife is a terrifying, sometimes hilarious, sometimes downright devastating truth that I lived for over a decade. For years, like many others, I accepted things that no woman should have. I allowed the one person who was supposed to give me love and respect treat me like I was less than nothing. I thought by accepting the treatment, at some point, he would see that what he was doing was hurting me and it would force him to change, but sadly, that never happened. I watched myself change as a woman, mother, daughter, and friend into a person I didn’t even recognize. I asked the military and those around me for help, but my cries repeatedly went unnoticed. When I finally received help, I was ostracized by those whom I called friends because of my decision to stay. Now I want to share my story with all of you and all those women who are silenced.

An autobiography, To injure after injury A real story of having a belief An honest struggle of Picking myself up To only put me down.

One out of five women and one out of fourteen men experience sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence) I was that statistic, and documented my own heart-wrenching journey through domestic violence and abuse. However, I now have the strength to realize that my past does not define me. It is possible to heal from sexual trauma and abuse. In this book, I am breaking the silence and restoring my freedom. As a result of suffering domestic abuse, I am determined to overcome the profound effects of trauma—and help others to do the same. I explain my own process of self-reflection which helped me move toward wholeness. You too can follow this process of transformation from survivor to thriver. You will learn how to pick up the pieces of your life and through strength and resilience, take back your life. I will guide you away from dysfunctional relationship cycles and damaged self-esteem to a life filled with confidence, power, and amazing resilience. There are four main types of intimate partner violence: sexual violence, stalking, physical violence, and psychological aggression. This book explains my personal journey through the four types so brace yourself for a difficult walk in my shoes. Women need to know that they are not alone while travelling these roads of emotional struggle. My newfound passion is helping women understand why they pick unhealthy relationships, give themselves the grace to move on, and regain their authentic, wise selves.

“This book will have you laughing so hard you cry . . . As Confessions aptly demonstrates, military spouses lead interesting lives.” —Tara E. Crooks, cofounder of Army Wife Network As the wife of a Marine Corps officer, Mollie Gross learned the hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control—and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything was out of her control. A standup comedienne, Mollie explores everything about the “issued” spouse, from deployment and the stress of having a husband in a combat zone, to the realization that marriage changes when your husband returns home from war. Nothing is taboo or out-of-bounds in this funny, poignant memoir, including the “parties” military wives throw for themselves before hubby returns. (You’ll have to read the book to find out about those.) “Mollie Gross is the Chelsea Handler of the milspouse community. She’s unfiltered, honest, and hilarious, with an underlying message to stop whining and be proud. Think of it as heartfelt humor for the home front.” — Military Spouse magazine “Mollie’s no-holds-barred account of what it was like during her first four years of being married to a Marine, dealing with the moves, wartime deployments, and life on the home front, will leave you laughing, crying, and shaking your head in disbelief asking, ‘Did she really just say that!?’” — Kristine Schellhaas, founder of USMC Life

LET'S STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE! Hearing the Silent Cries: Exposing Wife Abuse puts relationships under a microscope! -- Is your relationship more like a see-saw or a slide? If it feels like a slide, which end are you on? -- Do you know if your spouse has the 15 Personality Traits of an abuser? Learn the dangers of abuse through the stories of two Christian women who committed murder after years of various forms of spousal abuse. Learn how it starts in the dating stage of life, what it is, why it is used, and methods to diffuse it. Date violence is experienced by one in four teens. This is why we need to educate teenagers of the 15 Personality Traits of an abuser, so they know the difference between sick and healthy relationships. Be sure the teens you know learn the traits! By exposing wife abuse, maybe we can prevent the death of one of the approximately 3,000 women beaten to death by their partner every year. Shirley Poland is a teacher and a storyteller, who received a B.L.S. degree from the University of Oklahoma; a B.S. in Education from Lamar University in Beaumont, TX; and a M.S. in Education from McNeese State University of Lake Charles, LA. After teaching 30 years, Shirley is retired from school districts of Orange, Beaumont, and Plano, TX. Her avocation is an after-dinner speaker and as "Mother Goose" for daycare centers, elementary schools, festivals, and health fairs. She has five adult children, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Poland has taught Bible classes for many years and continues to serve in her church. Shirley grew up in Orange, TX and recently married her grade school sweetheart, now a retired minister, who has helped her discover her talents in painting and writing.

In Oe's masterpiece of the human condition and family psychology, estranged brothers Mitsusaburo and Takashi have long since left their family home in a remote forested valley on Shikoku, in the south of Japan: Mitsusaburo for work in Tokyo; his younger brother Takashi for the United States, to atone for his part in anti-American student protests. Takashi's return to Japan coincides with a local Korean supermarket magnate's offer to buy the brothers' ancestral storehouse, pitting the brothers against one another and dredging up family histories best forgotten. The Silent Cry is the most important Japanese novel of the post-war period and a strange, unsettling tale of how the call of blood and history echoes down the generations.

Raised near New Orleans as one of six children, Dorothy Newton was surrounded by abuse and poverty as she grew up. But she became the first in her family to graduate from college and moved out of poverty. She then began to live out her dreams in Dallas of a better home and life when she married celebrity superstar football player Nate Newton. She had gone from poverty to the pinnacle of success. She was married to a handsome, successful, famous professional athlete, who was a three time Super Bowl Champion and six time Pro-Bowler for the Dallas Cowboys. But all that glittered was not gold. Before long the relationship turned abusive. She found herself living in the world she thought she had escaped in her years growing up. The world did not see her suffering behind closed doors—she was betrayed, treated abusively, threatened continually. Dorothy was trapped with no one to talk to and nowhere to run. In this book Dorothy shares her experiences of pain, loss, survival, hope, recovery, and victory. A gripping story throughout, A Silent Cry is a testament to Dorothy’s will to live and the peace that comes with hope in the God who sees and hears your tears—even when no one else does.