Ychi, thank you for your encouragment.  I started this blog to have some means of expressing my feelings, emotions, reactions, and fears with regard to my experiences.  Although I've been invited to appear on nationally syndicated "talk shows," I've declined because my experiences aren't (and, should never be) a source of entertainment.  For me, it's a form of therapy to lay it out there.

Certainly, many readers will engage in the victim-blame that occurs, so often, and I don't really care about that.  It is my hope that readers will be able to identify that there are very, very "bad people" out there who do not have a conscience and are incapable of feeling any sense of remorse for what they do.  It's not so much to create an atmosphere of "distrust" for all people, but to raise awareness of specific toxic behaviors before those behaviors destroy their lives.

It's unpleasant to consider that there are predatory human beings, especially when I love a predator.  What I've learned is that I loved an illusion and that the predator was engaged in a very long-con.  If I had been more aware of my own core issues and vulnerabilities, it's possible (and, likely) that I would never have entered into a contract of marriage with that man.  But, I rationalized every "Red Flag" that he raised, and I paid a very, very high price.

I'll get through this, at some point.  For now, my concern is how to survive on a daily basis.

Best wishes to you.