Trigger Warning These stories mention occurrences of domestic violence and may be triggering to some users. Some names may have been changed.

God answered my prayers

Hello , I am 25 years old i at the time at 16 got into a relationship with a 19 year old ended up pregnant 2 years of being together , during that time he was so abusive to me. He would make me stay in the room all the time he pulled a gun on me and I was 34 weeks pregnant. I couldn’t find a way to run away I dealt with this abuse for 3 years god answered my prayers and took him off the streets into prison , not for abuse but for drugs, and weapons, gang violence I am now 25 and I survived such a hard time mentally physically .

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