It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. ~ Arnold Bennett
Well...it's done. I'm finished.
As you all know, David and I are separated, but what you don't know is why. I haven't really said anything except to my closet friends and family because I was ashamed of what happened, but now I'm done and I feel like I can discuss the events that transpired.
David and I had not been getting a long for quite a while and were having a weekend long fight and he had been keeping me up and not letting me sleep except for 10-15minute snatches. I finally reached a breaking point after 48hours and on October 29th 2007 struck out, hitting David. I am not going to say that what I did was right, but I do think that what David did next was very wrong given the fact he was not injured and all I used was my slipper...he called the police (to show me how I've been treating him for 2 1/2 years he said). And, with the laws the way they are, and the fact that he fabricated a lot, I got arrested.
Yes, you read it right, I got arrested and spent 18hours in jail. 18hours of pure hell for anyone, and especially hard for me since I'm claustrophobic. I did have panic attacks and I cried endlessly and didn't sleep even more. I thank God for the sympathetic female police officer who gave me $20 for a cab home after getting out. I thank God for my family and friends who have defended me and stuck by me all the way. But most of all, I thank God for being arrested and getting me out of an abusive marriage.
Now what am I done with? I plead guilty to domestic violence and as my "diversion" sentence I had to attend 26 weeks of domestic violence counseling and tonight was #26. Now the arrest will be expunged from "my record". So I'm done! I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I can now move forward with my life, and I can't wait!
And so today I wish each and everyone of you the best in life, and I wish you perseverance with whatever obstacles and tribulations you may face. But most of all, I wish for God to bless you endlessly.
Tags: Perserverance
3 comments:
THANK YOU LORD!!!
so glad you are done, De!!!! I know it was 26 weeks (more than that) of being some place you didn't want to be and some place you didn't even need to be but I'm proud of you for sticking with it and finishing it well and now it will be removed from your record; its a shame you had to be there too BUT SO GLAD IT IS DONE!!!
now enjoy Tuesday nights and do something fun on them!
love you
betty
I am so glad that you are out of that abuse... that is horrible that he did that to you! AND, lesser people would have struck out with more than a slipper after being forced awake! That is abuse... HE should have been in counseling. The dog. {{{ De }}}
be well,
Dawn
http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/
Wow, De, I couldn't imagine. God bless and keep you strong...
Veronica
journals.aol.com/vbonalesmd/emresident
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