I pray for God's protection of my home and myself. I was recently attacked by my boyfriend on Thanksgiving 2010 and he hit me in my face and head, stomped me in the head with his feet and then pulled a butcher knife on me. All of this happened in front of my grandkids, all of whom are under the age of 8 years old. I hate that they had to see this happen to me and that he did not have enough respect for me, our home or my grandkids not to do this to me.

He is in jail as a result of his actions and I have filed a restrainer. I pray that justice is served on him and that his family comes and gets his car and his belongings out of my garage. I pray that I will never, ever see him again. We were together for 2 years and I did everything that I could for him. Had his back while he was out of work and on unemployment for 2 years and opened a business to benefit the both of us. To me this is a stab in the back and totally hurtful and painful to me. I never expected him to put his hands on me, let alone his feet. It was if he was trying to kill me.

I am thankful to the Lord that my cousin was there that night and managed to get his phone to call the Police because when I tried to call, he snatched the phone from my hand an threw it on the floor. Lord I pray that I never have to see him again or that he never comes to my home again to bother me or my grandkids.

I am so hurt and so nervous. I can barely sleep at night -- constantly tossing and turning. Don't want to be afraid but constantly thinking that when he gets out of jail he will come and try to hurt me again. I try to remain positive and pray to God that he stays away from me. I am going to take some self-defense classes. I really don't want to hurt anyone, I am not a violent person but I need to protect myself.