Chick: You are a courageous woman! Thanks for sharing your story. Altough sad, it's inspiring.

Dianne: your words regarding forgiveness are gold.

[Frown] To women who've never experienced DV it is difficult to picture such a situation and relate to someone who is going through it.

It is certainly so easy to say "I would've done this or that instead", but each situation is different even with all the similarities, and unless you are in that kind of situation no one can even start to imagine what the other is going through.

God bless all those who battle DV and those who spread love and inspiration one way or the other.