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Fighting for your Life -Amy Witkowski's Story
Who I am now
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Sun, 30 Apr 2006
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I ran as fast as I could. Well, actually, no.
I’ve run faster. A lot faster. I guess you never
run as fast as you do when you run for your life.
OK. I ran as fast I could at the time. Only this
time, I ran for someone else, a lot of someone
elses. When I tired, I walked. I kept a steady
pace. I couldn’t believe it when I hit the one-
mile mark. I thought, hey, this is easy. I was
wrong. Very wrong.
When I hit the two-mile mark, I
contemplated giving up and just going home. My
knees were killing me. As I stared down the two
mile marker, I told myself that if I can run 5
miles to safety to save my own life, I can walk
two more miles to help save someone else’s.
I pushed and pushed myself. In my head, I
could hear the voices of my friends and family
cheering me on. I also kept whispering to
myself, “no pain.” When I finally had the finish
line in my line of sight, I ran. I ran as fast as
my tired legs could carry me. Mild tears filled
my eyes, I finished it. I couldn’t believe I
finished it and I didn’t finish last.
The 12th annual Bar Association 5K Run
for Domestic Violence was held on April 28, 2006.
Not only did I run in the race, but I came to
face-to-face with District Attorney David Soares.
Though we’ve had our “issues” in the past,
especially due to this particular subject, the
assault on me by my own spouse, I took a deep
breath and extended my hand to him. I thanked
him.
He pulled me aside and we had a pleasant
talk. Here were two people who never met, both
went to the press and called each other liars,
among other things, finally having a
conversation. When the conversation concluded,
David Soares hugged me and I hugged him back. He,
I can forgive.
Just one more step forward for me. Many
more to go.
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