Nothing I write here could say it better than Arts and Entertainment Editor Lisa Kristoff does in this week's piece for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, "Breaking free, no longer silent."

Kristoff one again shares accounts from survivors and shares resources.

Are you being subjected to domestic abuse, or do you know someone who is? Read what Kristoff wrote.

It tells of the hell people go through, including the estimate that the danger to a victim rises 50-75% when they try to leave; and it tells of the help organizations including New Hope Midcoast provide and how you might be able to help them do it.

Our thanks to Kristoff for the piece and her unwavering commitment to this topic. May that article and its links be the start of someone's hope and the beginning of a light over a safe path.