I gave my heart and my youth away to the man I married - and now all I have are these shoes.
Everything in my home, the home I shared with my husband, was auctioned off. He just stopped paying the bill and I was broke- because of him and his 28 year old mistress. All of the things I cherished are now painful memories and those memories are a constant reminder of how heartless human beings can be. And how cold and calculating and devious.
This was our home. I made sure it was beautifully decorated and clean - so my husband would be proud. But it's more than clear now that he just didn't care.
After losing my home and having to stay with my daughter in Virginia for months, my husband had found a small home for me to rent in Vegas. I drove - alone - 3,000 miles just to find I had done so on his bounced check. It took him 2 days to get the money to the landlord so I could take possession of the house. For the next four months, I lived in a house without a bed to sleep in.
I had a folding chair, a fan, a few blankets, some towels, a frying pan and a few plates and glasses from a dollar store - and my computer. There was no Television but I did have a small radio that picked up stations if you faced it in the right direction.
I just sat in the kitchen using a pulled-out drawer as a table top, just waiting for my husband to stand good on another promise to make things right. He always came up with one more excuse or reason as to why he couldn't.I couldn't find a job; he stopped paying the rent and I was evicted - once again. And while I was being evicted - my husband and his mistress were moving their new belongings from Hugo, Minnesota to the Orlando area of Florida. He had money - just not for his wife.
I was always the dutiful, faithful, wife - waiting at home for her husband. And without even having a clue that something was going on behind my back, I suddenly faced losing my marriage and my home.
But that wasn't to be all the pain I had to bear.
On a September morning, I guess my husband felt he hadn't hurt me enough. He left bruises on both of my arms and 3 puncture wounds on one of my thighs. They weren't serious injuries, but the scars left on my heart will never heal.
No woman deserves to be abused by any man - no matter what!
