Testimonial

GONE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

I am a survivor, but my little sister is not.

As a child we had what I called the "IDEAL" life. My siblings and I had both parents, and all the things that I thought made us the PERFECT family, but behind CLOSED DOORS my parents FOUGHT. Later my SISTER became a VICTIM & my BROTHER became a PERPETRATOR and VICTIM (learned behavior is not always good). DECEMBER 2016 moved so fast. This is a SPECIAL month for my family and also a month that cause me to feel VARIOUS ways. My sister who made a choice to MOVE ON WITH HER LIFE, ended a relationship with her boyfriend. She wanted to CHANGE but HE did not and wasn't happy with her decision.

Thirteen (13) days after my Lil. Sister received her 2nd college degree, her EX-BOYfriend used my BEAUTIFUL sister's REGISTERED gun and SHOT HER IN THE HEAD. SHE NEVER SAW IT COMING & about thirty (30) minutes later he used the SAME gun & ENDED HIS LIFE. Trying to prepare my children and I was a hard task... seeing my SISTER with her face RIPPED APART is a memory that will NEVER FADE away.

​Because of what I just shared with you; I consider myself as a "SURVIVING VICTIM." Through my sister INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, changed my life and the lives of my family, forever. I have vowed to use MY VOICE for those that have lost THEIR VOICE, and those WHOSE VOICES have BEEN TAKEN by this SILENT KILLER.

I share my sister and I story BECAUSE... I am my sister keeper. I share OUR STORY because I have a GOAL to encourage someone to Speak UP, Speak OUT, and GET HELP. I am a new face of a survivor of Intimate Partner Violence. My NAME is DESTINY and I LIVE every day because someone DECIDED to END my sister's LIFE.