FBW: Meredith from Bueno Baby (Ms. February) There but for the Grace of God

FBW stands for Featured Blogger of the Week. Each week we will feature one of our calendar ladies. Mondays will be a post written by the FBW and Wednesdays will be an interview of the FBW. If you want to know how you can be a part of the Blogger Body Calendar project, please click here.

Every time I run walk through a dark parking lot, I wonder, Is there someone crouched behind a car waiting to harm me? I avoid empty stairwells and desolate public bathrooms. I drive with my doors locked and deadbolt my front door. I listen for noises in the night. And I do all these things, not because I have suffered an attack, but because others have. If it happened to them, it could happen to me, and I think to myself, There but for the grace of God go I.

So that is why I’m contributing to the 2012 Blogger Body Calendar. I am humbled by the strength of women who have survived rape. I don’t know if I could walk in their shoes, and I thank my lucky stars everyday that I don’t have to. I mean, if rape survivors can claw and scratch their way through unspeakable ordeals, only to share their stories and lend strength to other victims of violence then the least I can do is pose for a picture.

I want to lend my voice to Violence UnSilenced, because the strength of women is stronger than any lock.

Meredith Groenevelt is the voice behind BuenoBaby; a humorous, candid, raw look at a life, a marriage and a mommy-hood. Along, with publishing her blog, she also freelances as a web designer. Occasionally she spends time on Twitter, and by occasionally, I mean she’s legally changing her name to @BuenoBabyGirl.

Today she lives in Wisconsin with her husband and their three daughters. She thinks she might have a cat.