Oh my dear friend. I am so happy for that strength inside your core. Ultimately, no matter the situation, power like that can and does rescue.
I wish a million wishes that you could have avoided such a love experience. Yet I totally, TOTALLY get it. I am sad for you, relieved, happy and proud.
This is an incredible piece, P. I walked every step with you because of the way of your writing.
I could have highlighted every word and almost I did just that.
The excerpt I included in the highlight above this comment. That walk, ah yes, that walk. So many of us have done a version of it. Your words quickly evoke the memories.
And not only the last walk, the walk to freedom. Also all the other walks before that final trek, when you cannot leave and know you should, but nope not happening today, maybe tomorrow.
So you say to yourself : just put one foot in front of the other and walk. Whether it’s to the grocery store, your office or a closet inside your home…the destinations in these cases were just ways to get to tomorrow.
Bravo amazing girl. I am proud to be your friend.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️