Reply #42: K&R'd, we do allot of driving...

[bridgit]

Some of our stops take us into idyllic small town settings up in the Sierras; tall Redwood & pine stands beside ferns lining pretty little sparkling rivers

And the occasional waterfall

One day, in one such setting, I was in the ladies room. When I closed the door on the stall there were 2-3 posters and informationals directing women experiencing domestic violence to services where their identities would be secured, along with notes from other women that provided their own numbers and experiences scrawled with pencils, pens, and lipstick

In the parking lot I mentioned it to my husband and asked why he thought the information was placed where it was - he began shaking his head and when I asked him why that he swept with his hand through this idyllic postcard-like High Sierra landscape saying it was a grand sadness part of the great lie that idyllic settings come, as a natural-given: with peace of mind for all

The informationals were placed where even crying women freshly abused could look up from tear filled palms and see others reaching into her with help and options where her abuser has no intention of offering either

Some, being exponentially explosive and violent; they were placed where their abusers would least likely see them

End Domestic Violence