Fighting and overcoming depression and mental & physical abuse

My wife and I met in Hawai'i three years ago. Since then, I've learned many things about her. Everything only makes me love her more and be more thankful that I've been chosen to be in her life, and that I make her feel safe. I found that she had gone through much sadness and physical and mental abuse. I've heard stories, no one else knows that make my blood boil to the point of knowing that should I be confronted with a situation I would not be able to think rational enough to keep myself out of prison.

It's one thing knowing that someone you love has gone through hurt and pain, and broken bones, but it's another to know that before that all started you were driving by her driveway wondering who lived there so many years before. I think all the time that I should have stopped. It kind of eats at me, I won't lie.

I think perhaps maybe back then, we might not have been ready for each other yet. I believe we go through things in life so we can better appreciate other upcoming moments better. I know that if she was my first relationship, I would not be as mature as I am now.

Had she not gone through what she had to endure, she would have been a different person today too and perhaps those two people wouldn't have wanted each other, and then our son wouldn't have been born. Perhaps he is supposed to do big things?

I thought perhaps because she is an absolutely brilliant singer/songwriter, that she should try expressing herself through writing, too. I knew that it would be excellent reading because her songs are so beautifully worded but she has really taken off and is developing a love of writing (and a following) that may start to rival that of my own love. It almost seems like I see the weight lifted from her shoulders when she posts a new post. I'm so proud of her.

My wife blog's about her past experiences, fighting and overcoming depression and mental & physical abuse, family, poetry, and her Homeland, the Big Island of Hawai'i. Please stop by and support her writing with some likes and a follow :)

https://www.publish0x.com/@ChantelLVelez?a=lNbW7Dpvby&tid=tel