I am the best.
I can do it.
I am a winner.
Today is my day.
GOD is always with me.
AFTER I LEFT
I kept encouraging myself not to go back.
An unknown writer once said “If your problem in life is as big as a ship,
never forget that your blessings are as wide as the oceanr. I remain
focused on myself and my goals. He tried to get in touch by calling endlessly but I refused to pick his
calls. I didn't change my phone number and I ignored his messages in order to not read something that
would provoke me or make me feel pity for him.
Abusers have a way of manipulatng you emotonally to make you come back.
I lived with friends, endured and tolerated whatever was thrown at me because I was determined to
move on. During this process, I lost my father (who had been my backbone). I’d ask myself “What can
my siblings do to help?, What can my extended family do to help?r They were encouraging me to go
back afer seeing his emotonally manipulatve ways. I didn’t blame them because they weren’t in my
shoes. You know what I told them? I said, “if I should go back there, it's either I kill him and go to
prison, or he kills me and goes to prison, or we both die r As in, we die here I didn’t love him anymore
and where there is no love, hatred will most certainly thrive in the heart. I told them to leave me to
start all over again. The only way to survive when you leave is to not live with people that will always
remind you of your past. Some people have a way of reminding you of the thorns in that rosy home you