February 8, 2012
During October, a handful of my Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters tied purple ribbons around trees on Baker’s campus in remembrance of Domestic Violence Awareness month. Over the past four months, only two have endured the test of time.
Although the pair of have remained untouched, there are clear signs Mother Nature has abused and left its mark on the ribbons.
From time to time, I walk by them and think to myself that they need to be taken down, but it took a gloomy and overcast February day for me to realize the true symbolism of the worn ribbons.
In their original state, the ribbons represented the nearly one million people who fall victim to domestic violence each year, but after months of torture from the weather they are representative of the ordeal survivors of domestic abuse have lived through.
Seeing the ribbons transform from a deep royal purple to a light blue is symbolic of the affects domestic violence can have on an individual and demonstrates how a series of events can leave a permanent mark on a person’s life.
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