The Last Time He Hit Me

Surviving domestic violence is one thing, recovering is something else entirely

Matt Lardie
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readOct 23, 2019

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I don’t even remember what the fight was about.

I do remember the yelling and the insults and the sound, after he had stormed off into the kitchen, the sound of metal on tile, of glass breaking, and the sound that made everything else go silent.

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Matt Lardie
Human Parts

Food, wine, travel, ethics, and life’s journey. Based in Durham, NC but frequently wandering.