Forgiveness Does Not Mean Abuse Needs To Continue
What does it take for a woman to leave a husband she loves? Why should she leave if she loves him? It always was that way, I loved him. His love for me was expressed in anger, control and irritation at my own stupidity.
Does that sound like love? No it does not. It took time and eye opening discussion and experience to realize the need to leave. Love is kind. Love is patient. How patient should I be? When is enough, truly enough?
I met Eleanor, an older woman who during my time caring for her h...
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Jul 31, 2011 05:14AM
for me it came the night my physically abusive husband smashed my head into the kitchen floor 17 times until I lost consciousness and this was after he tried to strangle me! I realized then that I could pour love and forgiveness into a leaky vessel until I died but he would never change. I decided I would rather be a bad alive catholic than a dead good catholic since the priests were still telling me to be a better wife and he would not beat me and physical abuse was not cause for an annulment. Then the church betrayed me too by granting an annulment to my by then divorced husband on the grounds there was no communication. I almost died and was eventually permanently disabled on the advice the priests gave me but they gave him an annulment!
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