Domestic Violence ~ Not A Popular Media Topic

I had dreams that my blog would generate more hits by being featured in our local newspaper.

I had hopes for being featured as the "Post of the day."

But I have found that domestic violence does not make good press copy.

Maybe I need to be writing daily to be noticed for what I need to say ~ the truth I need to share ~ but with life's struggles of having dealt with a layoff and return to work this past nine months, I can not seem to write as regularly as I would like.

Some of my best posts are in my archives from the early days of my blog when I wrote down each flashback in a frenzy.

But archives are old ~ not current ~ not fresh.  The topic is uncomfortable, ugly, frightening, and perhaps forbidden.

I have found my best following for my blog to be on Facebook where I share my blog links ~ both current and archived ~ with Domestic Violence groups and pages.  Women who have shared my experience are not afraid to read my words.  They have lived my words with their own harrowing experience of being abused.

So I will focus on these women instead and not the general public who read online newspapers.  I will continue to share my truth with those women who need it the most. 

The elusive "Post of the day" will remain just that ~ out of reach ~ and I am okay with that now.

I will stop checking each day to see if my blog is featured as if I am trying to win some odd type of popularity contest.

Domestic Violence is not a popularity contest.

Domestic Violence is gruesome.

Domestic Violence is evil.

Domestic Violence is horrific.

Domestic Violence is brutal.

Domestic Violence is life-threatening.

Domestic Violence is silenced.

Uncensored