Our Paradise
                                                             Ana Zahler             xiyvza@hotmail.com

WITH THIS RING I DO WED... AND ACCEPT YOU AS MY KILLER

What a great illusion the wedding day and the previous days! It's said a lot

that the most important day in a woman's life is her wedding day. Long time

ago, there were customs like to fix a marriage or dowry in order to avoid a

single old woman in the family.

In the same church where the matrimony sacrament is celebrated, can be the

same place where our funeral shall be also. We never imagine that this

gentleman at the altar shall disrespect, ill treated, abuse, humiliate and

even kill us. What I say is true, on the contrary there won't be Women

Welfare Department.

Sometimes, we never imagine that our killer is right at home, so near us. It

turns "sleeping with the enemy." Been killed by a thief, in an unexpected

shooting or by mistake is everyday jeopardy. Been killed by somebody we love,

the person who gave us an engagement ring and took us to the altar ... is

devastating. The saddest situation is when there are children in that

marriage. These kids, the result of love in a couple, are going to grow w/ a

severe trauma, hurt, distrust and without the real parents. It's worst than

lose Mom in an accident or by natural causes.

How does it turn from love to violence? What does a man win by killing his

wife? Does a murder solve all of the problems in the marriage? What makes a

husband to kill a wife? Why the husband can't solve his problems or