Today I celebrate the 23 year anniv. of surviving being beaten w/ a club, dragged up a flight of stairs by my hair, dunked & waterboarded in a clawfoot tub filled with bleach & salt, & had I not run, would've been burned w/an iron by a former Army soldier who claimed 2 love me...

...After being released fr the hospital unable 2 walk, this same individual was my "caregiver", feeding me nothing but Toaster Strudels for weeks.

A couple days ago after my husband read about women in domestic violence situations coping w/ "sheltering-in" w/abusive partners...

...he asked me if I could imagine being in that scenario. I had a flashback to trying to rehab being "taken care of" by the very one who inflicted the injuries, trapped in the house. I know God allowed me 2 live so I could live out His plan 4 my life. I'm so grateful 4 His mercy.

*If u know or suspect someone is in a domestic violence situation, reach out 2 them, ask what you can do 2 help, then do that. This quarantine could very well be the worst moment in their life, unable 2 have any time alone or away from their abuser. Listen to them & believe them.