5 years later... update

Hello everyone! I wanted to write an update to this blog because it has now been 5 years that I have been out of my marriage. So many wonderful things have happened, and I want to share them with you, so you can see that God is good and HOPE is real. First, I was able to file for divorce in September of 2010. Our divorce was final in March of 2011, one day before I won a lawsuit against a former employer for fraudulantly firing me. I was able to use that money to buy my own house in August of 2011, and I took foster parenting classes during that summer as well. I quit the pre-nursing program that I was in because I realized that it was my x-husband's idea, not mine, for me to be a nurse. My passion was and will always will be teaching. So I pursued a Master's degree in Education and graduated in June of 2012. I have done many things that I never  thought I'd do over the last five years. I taught elementary school for a year again; I became a social worker for a year and a half; I was a foster parent to two small children for 13 months; I was hired as a visiting professor at a local university for a year, and I became pregnant and have a wonderful 18 month old son now. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I would never have had him if I had not left my husband when I did. I am also now in a very loving, nurturing, respectful, amazing relationship with a wonderful man that I will be marrying someday. He has shown me what a real Christian man is and he is the second best thing that has ever happened to me. I didn't believe true love existed for me, but it does. It can happen for you too! I am also in the process of pursuing my doctorate in education, which has always been my ultimate goal. I am so grateful to God for getting me out of that marriage and showing me what life is really about. I chose to live!! God bless you and know that there is a better life out there, you just have to take the first step to get out of the abuse.