I Knew I Would Be a Woman With a Family One Day, but at What Cost?

A short story based on my childhood experiences in love and marriage.

Photo by Etty Fidele on Unsplash

This is what I remember from my early childhood. I lived with my grandmother from the time I was two-years-old to maybe seven. When I was about five, a pregnant woman ran out of her house trying to escape from her husband and looking for…