Survival is something you have to think about. If you want to survive, you have to have a plan. Take your important papers, your birth certificate, your social security number, all you children’s papers, their birth certificates, their social security numbers, their immunization records. Put them in a drawer under panties, in a shoebox at the bottom of the closet, under a rug, or wrapped in aluminum foil inside a zip lock bag in the freezer.
Talk to a friend who your husband doesn’t know. It has to be someone you can trust. Mention this to no one. The friend will need to find the phone number and address of a shelter where he/she can take you with your children. The shelter needs to be as far away as possible.
The people in the shelter will help you get on your feet. They will give you counseling and the healing will begin. They will give you shelter, food, and beds for your children. When you are among other women who are in the same situation, you will learn how to survive on your own. You will cry a lot, and you will share different stories. Some of them will share their anger, their frustration, their distress, their fears about life and what they will need to confront when they get out of the shelter.
Healing will be a long process but you will survive.
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It certainly sounds as if you have "made it". Congratulations on being able to get through a horrible experience.
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