Slap, and After.
My mother-in-law, Beth Johnson, had just slapped my six-year-old daughter across the face. Not a tap. Not a swat. A full-force, open-palm strike that sent my little girl stumbling backward, clutching her cheek in shock before the first wail of betrayal tore from her throat.
My name is Amber, and for eight years, I thought I was building continue reading …