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Been there, done that one. It’s really hard. Once I finally got free from my lying cheating abuser, the reality was having to huddle in bed under quilts in the dark during winter with my teen, while eating oopsie pizza for dinner that she got to bring home from her job at a pizza place. But it brought us closer together and taught her resilience. She learned how to survive on almost nothing. So for that, I am grateful.

That’s the thing about hard. It trains you. It prepares you. So that when hard comes around again, you KNOW that you can persevere. In that vein, it’s a blessing in disguise.