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Fighting for your Life -Amy Witkowski's Story
Who I am now
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Mon, 05 Jun 2006
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Impact Statement
I read this in court at his sentencing on May 15.
At first I wasn’t going to make a statement. But
after I thought about it for a while, I realized
that it’s something that I need to do, not just
for me, but also for the boys. You can sit there
and let your imagination run wild with all the
pain that you caused the boys and me but you will
never know how deep the pain goes.
You took it upon yourself to destroy our family
and you made that choice. But, now, me and the
boys are picking up the pieces and building our
new family. Here you sit and I have no idea what
you are thinking and you know what, I don’t care.
You got a two-year sentence. Well, I got a
lifetime sentence. A lifetime of pain, not just
my physical and emotional pain, but also the pain
I see everyday when the boys talk about
their “old father.”
I didn’t destroy the image of their
father. You did. Two of our boys watched as you
beat and almost killed their mother. They
actually wished they had one opportunity to see
you, just to tell you how they feel about you.
They have so much buried anger deep inside them,
but fortunately, they have a lot of support to
help them through that.
I don’t know if you want to apologize or
not, but don’t ever do that. You always told me
that if you were sorry, you’d never do it in the
first place. But, I honestly don’t believe that
you’re sorry. I don’t think you have one ounce of
remorse for what you did to me. You always told
me that you had no conscience and I believe
that’s true. If you do feel sorry in the least
bit, it’s probably because of the punishment, not
the crime itself.
I knew our marriage was falling apart, but I
never realized that you hated me and hated me so
much that you wanted me dead.
I have news for you. I did die that day.
And then I was born again, a whole new woman.
Hey, I’ve got a new face thanks to you. My face
is in pain every day, and there’s a chance that I
will never completely heal. I’m reminded of what
you did to me every time I look in the mirror.
I won’t be your victim anymore. I won’t be
anyone’s victim. I intend to live my life as if
it’s the last day I’ve got on this earth and I
will take care of our boys until they can take
care of themselves.
I don’t know you anymore and you have no
idea who I am anymore. Your wife died. Leave it
at that.
Don’t blame me or anyone or anything else
for your problems. Don’t even try to think this
was my fault in anyway. It wasn’t. It was all
yours. I hope the time you spend in prison will
give you time to think about everything you lost.
Where you’re probably concerned about all your
material things you lost, the largest and most
prized thing you had was your family. Now it’s
gone. The four of us are a family and you’re no
longer part of it.
I hope that god can forgive you, because
I never will.
Posted 15:13
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