“I planned my escape in silence”
I used to think I was weak for staying. Now I know I was surviving with the little power I had, until the day I felt safe enough to leave…
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I used to think I was weak for staying. Now I know I was surviving with the little power I had, until the day I felt safe enough to leave…
Some days my hands still shake when my phone lights up. But slowly, I’m learning that peace is not something I have to earn by suffering.
For years I carried his words like a label on my skin. Now I’m peeling them off, one day at a time, and writing my own name.
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