"I've been very lucky. It's not like that with a lot of other warriors."
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"I see us traveling the world together, Greece, Paris, London. I see us living joyfully, side by side, chasing dreams and building memories."
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"Rules seemed to benefit men, not God. Overall, to me, it looked like a system of power, built by men for men."
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"When I was pregnant with this child, my husband often warned me. He said if I gave him another girl, he would take me back to the village."
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"All we have to show for it are piles of we regret to inform you emails and the fading light in my sister’s eyes."
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"My brain worked twice as fast as I searched for a way to escape."
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"Instead, he blamed me. He called me careless, mocked me, even said I wasn’t behaving like a 'modern babe.'”
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"I wanted to be more than a baby-producing factory."
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"I made an agreement with God. If He did it for me, I would share my story publicly. "
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"...in his words, my 'eyes were starting to open too much,' and I was "starting to misbehave."