In 2018 I was at my wits end. I’d been in an abusive relationship for over ten years and I couldn’t take another second of him putting his damn hands on me. I couldn’t take another lie. Another full blown gaslight. Another lesson on why I was such a bad person for not trying harder to making this terrible relationship work even though I put everything I could into it. Being shamed in “how could I leave my family like this?” I COULD NOT hear it one more time. I tried to leave so many times and...