Oh, my dear Mary Alice,

Please don't let him win! I would take your pain for you and bear it myself if I could so that you could have a break and get away from him and get your life back. You don't deserve to be treated like that. You deserve to be loved and taken care of and pampered. Your son doesn't deserve to have to be exposed to that either. He's a good boy, but if he grows up with that for an example who knows what impact and influence it will be on his life?

Right now it all feels like too much, but it won't always be this way, especially if you take the steps you need to and get away from your abuser. You are stronger than you can admit to yourself, and you can do it! We'll all help you as much as we can. I wish that I were there and could help you pack up and go someplace safe.

Love,
Wendy

<font color=blue>Life is filled with tragedy; if you let it overwhelm you, you cannot enjoy life's innocent pleasures. -Robert Heinlein</font color=blue>