
Light the Night
The soft sound of the water washing over the sand provided a soothing backdrop as the names of 132 women were read aloud, each name a victim killed at the hands of her abuser. The youngest was just 16 and pregnant with twins. Her boyfriend killed her because she refused to terminate the pregnancy. The oldest, a seasoned 87 year old woman who told her friend a few weeks earlier that she was afraid her husband was going to kill her. And he did. As I stood among the other wo