Kelly, Thanks for sharing your story! You are one amazing lady!! I'm so glad your life is better now. I hope you continue to be happy.

BG

Thanks BG! My life is MUCH better now. Not perfect, but who's is??

Kelly

Thanks for sharing...

Hello, Thanks for sharing your story with us...and, I wanted to welcome you to our PTO Family...

Good for you Kelly. You are right, unless a Woman has walked in your shoes, they have no idea as to what you go through. I know during my Domestic Abuse, although it was the most horrible experience I've ever went through, I would not change it for anything. If it weren't for my Ex, I would not be in the successful career that I am now in...A College Instructor! Sometimes it takes a Loser to put you down, to make you feel low, to take all of your self-esteem away...just so you can find out "Who you really are!" Once you get to the point, enough is enough, you somehow find this inner strength that you had no idea that you even had...and that strength just completely takes over and rises you up! You know that you are SOMEBODY, and that the guy is the one who is the LOSER and needs to put you down in order to bring himself up.

So I thank my Ex for waking me up. I thank my Ex for making me work harder and get my Bachelor's Degree (Soon to be Masters), I thank my Ex for forcing me to buy a nice house and 2 cars.

I guess what I am trying to say Kelly, is that it sometimes takes something tragic to wake us up and learn to love ourselves first!

TJ...I couldn't have said it better myself. If I hadn't have gone through all of that, I wouldn't be as strong and determined as I am today. I made a decision a long, long time ago, that I was never going to let anyone ever tell me I couldn't do what I wanted to do, or be what I wanted to be. No one has that right. I'm a far cry away from thanking him, but if it hadn't happened, who knows? I push myself harder and harder, just to see how far I can go. I never, ever allow my children to disrespect anyone, especially my son. Unfortunately for a while there, it seemed he had developed a lot of his father's traits and anger management problems. That got cured real quick!

I just hope women who are going through this know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. All they have to do is take the first step.

Kelly

WOW KELLY THAT WAS AMAZING. LOOK AT YOU! YOU GO GIRL.

Thank you for sharing your story. :)

Wow, thank you for sharing your story and offering to help others!!

Thanks everyone...your support means a lot. I never wanted to talk about it before. I always wanted to put the past behind me, maybe pretend it didn't happen. Then I realized by doing that, I'm kidding myself and possibly depriving others of anything they need, even if it's just a sympathetic ear.

Kelly