I thought my dream had come true in 1990 when I remarried. It turned out to be a fight for my life & for me.
I am still alive after getting away from the abuse, but it still lives on in my psyche.
No one can understand the footprint the beatings leave on the victim\u2019s soul; even years later.
Heartbreak equates to a shattered heart, impacting the individual who was lucky enough to survive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I thought my dream had come true in 1990 when I remarried. It turned out to be a fight for my life & for me.I am still alive after getting away from the abuse, but it still lives on in my psyche.No one can understand the footprint the beatings leave on the victim\u2019s soul; even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":18352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,522],"tags":[92,161,162,90,116,117,115,374,128,34],"class_list":["post-18665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-break-your-silence","category-sister-survivors","tag-abuse","tag-break-the-silence-against-domestic-violence","tag-btsadv","tag-domestic-violence","tag-emotional-abuse","tag-physical-abuse","tag-survivor","tag-survivor-stories","tag-trauma","tag-verbal-abuse"],"yoast_head":"\n