A little girl at Walmart grabbed my tattooed arm and whispered, “Daddy’s trying to hurt Mommy.”

I’m sixty-three, my body mapped with scars and tattoos — souvenirs from Vietnam, highway life, and too many bar fights. I’ve seen the dark side of humanity, but nothing prepared me for the raw fear in a six-year-old’s eyes when she bolted across the cereal aisle and grabbed my arm.Continue reading…

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