Love does not shame your body while it is healing.
And love does not force you to prove your worth through pain.
Sometimes the person who finally opens the door for you is someone you never expected.
For me, it was my mother-in-law.
But the bravest person in that house was my fifteen-year-old daughter.
She saw what was happening.
She refused to stay silent.
And when I had lost the strength to ask for help, she asked for it for me.
