This is NOT what I expected!

[InHisHands]

Mama,

You're right, I do volunteer work at the DV Shelter, that's why I said I can't afford to be a hypocrite on this. Can you imagine having the police report on my own family filtering through the office where I counsel women & children to protect themselves? How would I explain that I allowed this? More importantly, how would I explain to my children that I work to protect other people's children, but not my own?

TL,

I believe you are right. His rage has been progressively getting worse, not better. He crossed a line and picked the most fragile of my three children to cross it with. The good news is that DB has taught me to KNOW who I am and that has taught me to KNOW what I'm willing to accept and not accept. You remember before I said I was struggling with boundaries? I found them.

I'll be okay. I have a great support network and an awesome church family & pastor. I was once strong, confident, independent and full of hope. I will be again, thanks to everything I've learned in the past few months.