Annette Pedersen

Deeply powerful!! I witnessed, watched, and personally felt such a powerful conclusion of absolution, forgiveness and healing were attained in a crescendoed manner. There is such a layered depth to the characters staggering with pain, trauma and beauty. The narrative is spot on for what many women go through with domestic violence. There is good and joy…then it comes amid violent earth shattering waves. No one is perfectly whole and good. And one cannot love another in part but the whole. This is partly why women struggle to leave in abusive relationships. Because it is intermingled with the good .Just like a rose has thorns. But that is not what “love” is supposed to be. And sometimes it takes years(if ever) to be able to illuminate that fact to a victim of domestic violence. Because that love, intermingled with pain, is “normal” to you. And you can see no alternative. Few understand that unless they have lived/survived that. I especially appreciated how the “flowers” were able to not only take their power back(from their abusers) but establish their own autonomy, within a sisterhood support system and push forward in life.( I took parts of what another wrote here...as she said it so well) I remember walking on eggshells the majority of my days with my abuser. I am thankful for all whom helped me be strong and find my way out. Thank you for writing this story for all of us. Thank you to all the beautiful kind hearted strong women and men who dared to show the world the truth. And so it is....