As I look back, it seems unreal that I would accept the day to day reality of my life as it was then. I have asked myself over and over, why did I tolerate what I now know to be emotional and financial abuse? The short answer is that abuse had taken over my world so completely, that I no longer had any point of reference for being treated with dignity and respect. Abuse had become my ‘new normal’...

I wanted to share what I have experienced as the alarm bells for domestic abuse. The challenge is that the signs are never the same...

Finding My Way Back To Me is the story of how I found the courage to free myself from an abusive marriage after 17 years.