I picked this quote because it is truely real. As for me, I lived a devasting life from the age of 14 to the age of 23. I was put down, slapped, cursed, kicked, verbally abused, and emotionally abused. I was so young and what i thought was in love, but in reality i was just scared. I was put through hell for those 9 years so scared to leave and scared to stay. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Sometime around Febuary 2009 i learned that i had to have brain surgery because of all the head trauma I endured in that time. In October 2009 i had my surgery and started my recuperation process. With my close friends and family by my side come January 2010 my family and I were being asked to leave the Salvation Army apartment that we lived in because our stay was over. When I heard the news that was it I had ENOUGH. I then secretly talked to my family about helping me escape from "him" because i knew that he wouldnt let me go without a fight. I started packing up all mine and my childrens belongings and my dad came and took us away. We then went to live with my aunt who basically raised me and she helped me with what i like to call " my new life and the new me." Today I am more happy than I have ever been ( I think I forgot the feeling) I am proud to say I live far away from him and i know we are safe. I took this quote and ran with it, I've learned that you cant trust just anybody, that you live and you learn, learn from your OWN mistakes,and that good things can come from bad.
Kim, i'm sorry you been through such a rough life before now but i'm glad you found help through it all you an your kids are blessed. Great pictures an quotes as well too.
ReplyDeleteWe can never escape our past because it shapes us into the person we have become ~ hopefully a better, stronger person than we were before. I am blessed to have gotten to meet and know you! The world is before you for the taking - reach out and grab it and go with it. Look forward to "what can be" not backwards "to what was". You are showing your kids strength and courage to move forward and make the best life you can.
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Neither of us deserved the hateful things we went through throughout our lives. It hurts so much just at the thought of it,even now,doesn't it? And we both had that rock and a hard place feeling. It sucks. I'm just so glad we have gotten out of those situations,and have high hopes that we both learned from it and we'll both know the danger signs and not be back in that rocky boat again. Brings tears to my eyes reading what you had to endure. Literally. Our kids are the true brunt of it all too. They are showing us both by the way they take the world in every day. We just have to keep working to help them heal too. I know we can do it!!!(That's my game face. lol)
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