What courage!! Pat yourself on the back!! You stood up for yourself!! Feel free to keep posting here, in this thread, let us know how you are doing, how it feels to be safe, how the shelter is, we love you!! Once you are in the shelter, they will help you find a job and permanent place, shelters are good that way. make friends there, talk even more..why not post a poem in creative corner how you feel. It would have been easy to stay there yet you took the challlenge of moving out. We are proud of you.