I Am Learning To Love Myself: Mara’s Story, Part Five

“Now I truly am learning who I am. I am learning my limitations and boundaries. I am learning how to love without pity. I am learning how to trust people that love me.”

I Am Learning To Love Myself: Mara’s Story, Part Four

“He was going to stop narcotics. She seemed assured and left me there with him. I remember trembling again as she left. The church only believed in divorce upon the grounds of physical abuse and adultery.”