There was a plan, but only I was staying true to the plan. Only I was staying put. We had mutually agreed to certain necessary boundaries, but he was no longer respecting them. All that we’d worked so hard to rebuild was now being torn apart. There’s a big difference between a heart set on construction and one seemingly hell-bent on destruction. I wasn’t the one breaking away from relational health. I wasn’t the one breaking promises and breaking hearts. I wasn’t the one leaving the place we’d worked so hard to get to. And that’s when I could finally say, “I’m not giving up. I’m not walking
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