Domestic Silence

She looked at me shocked, mouth wide open, and eyes wet from the tears that had just fallen from the telling of my story. “What do you mean you would not change anything? The things that happened are so horrible!” My reply, just like all the other times I have been asked this question, is always the same. “No, I would not change any of it. I love who I am today. I would not be me if I had not endu...