Dr. Bond-Cox was born in Brownsville Tennessee, the older of two daughters. Her parents were local educators who stressed hard work, close knit family, Christian values, and education. Bev grew to ...view moreDr. Bond-Cox was born in Brownsville Tennessee, the older of two daughters. Her parents were local educators who stressed hard work, close knit family, Christian values, and education. Bev grew to love learning and became a top honor student throughout her years throughout elementary grades, Roman Catholic girl’s boarding high school, two universities and more recent seminary degree. Having achieved her educational aspirations to become a Ph.D. licensed clinical psychologist engaged in college teaching and private psychological practice as well as ordained Christian Minister and Spiritual Director, Bev turned her attention to her first love since childhood---writing. She began dusting off old works and creating new ones. This current book is a combination of the old and the new. This book represents a ten-plus plunge into the icy dark and cold waters of domestic violence with another. It was a painful yet important journey. The journey informs everything that she has ever done from police psychological coordinator, to psychologist in a child development center, to Director of Psychology in a state facility for individuals with mental retardation to school psychologists in public schools and a correctional facility and more.view less