Lady T 
Kiss’d 
Kept in Silence Surviving Divorce

What do you do when youve been married to a man for 30 years and he becomes a different person to you? You become afraid for your life but youre having a hard time of letting go, of deciding if you should leave. If you stay you may become a statistic, and/or a victim.

I chose to stay because we had longevity and years of memories, which was probably not a good reason. I didnt think of his name calling, arguing, etc. as abuse and thats how we women trick ourselves. We dont equate the mental/emotional abuse in the same category as the physical abuse. Face it ladies, lets keep it real-we all get Im not letting another woman have what it took syndrome.

KISSD is a book written with separation/divorce, African American women and the abuse we suffer in mind, based on my personal experience. This is a straight to the point book about surviving the emotional and physical issues of separation and/or divorce. Kept in Silence Surviving Divorce because most women dont know what they are entitled to and in the case of abuse they dont report it for various reasons. African American women make up the biggest statistics; maybe thats why its called an unreported epidemic.

Über den Autor

My only qualification for writing this book is that I have been through it. As a form of therapy, I wrote my experience down because I felt it would help other women, especially African Americans, who are proportionately discriminated against more so than other ethnic groups.

I am what is southernly referred to as a GRITS-Girl Raised In The South. Born and raised in Atlanta, I attended (at the time) a well known academically acclaimed high school. It took me a while to get in the college spirit; but once I did, I attended several institutions of higher learning. One of those colleges was Brenau where I received my associate degree in Business Administration. I think it was my mother or maybe my sister that labeled me a professional student, due to the fact that I also have an ABA paralegal certificate from The National Center of Paralegal Training, I completed GMLS Real Estate school, although I am not licensed yet, I have a certificate from the Thomas Institute for P & C Insurance, and I attended Georgia State University working on a minor in Psychology. I have decided to go back to GSU to complete my studies in Psychology and get my masters in Business, so as you can see, I am a studemt of learning. I have always been told that you are never to old to learn and as you can see I truly believe that you are not. I believe that if you think there is nothing else for you to learn or know, then life has no amazement or wonder for you and you are only existing.