This is a letter that came to me yesterday. This mom is such an example for all of us. She has taken her sadness and has turned it into a loving gift for moms who are living the life that she has been able to escape! For those of you who think you can’t get out, just read this! There is so much support for all of you. Just believe that and you will be on your way to happiness!
“Thanks Claudia for your encouraging words. God has truly blessed me in that leaving my stbx this time has been pretty easy. I have had a few moments here and there, but they have been brief. The first couple of court dates were hard but my stbx and his attorney didn’t show up. This turned out to be a good thing because I am now comfortable going to court and security is getting to know me.
I feel like I have been given a pardon and let out of prison. I’m so excited. I’m going to college….something I have wanted to do for about 30 years, I got a great job working in an elementary school. I had done this previously and have spent hours and hours volunteering in my daughters school. Plus I’m only 60 away from being vested in the pension plan.
In addition I’m starting a locks project where I will be providing free locks to people who have experienced abuse and need to change their locks once their abuser is out of the home. I’m working with my local domestic violence shelter to kick this project. Eventually I will apply for my own 501c3 and take the project national.
It has been a long hard walk to get to where I am today but it has been worth every step because I have come out feeling better than I have ever felt in my life.”
