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I am so sorry you went through this, but I thank you for sharing your tale so excellently.
I also commend you for the way you raised your daughter.
Jessica,
I am so very glad to meet you, and happy to hear that you would never think so little of yourself to tolerate such treatment. Your mother did a great job.
I have a daughter myself, so I know what it is to worry. But, my daughter, like you, would probably hand the guy who raises a hand to her his ass in a bucket.
As a child, I was witness to horror myself, so I could never have raised her to be anybody's victim. I raised her to have steel in her backbone and know her way around a shootin iron.
Let's say papa sleeps sound at night.
So, good meeting you, welcome here, and be sure to say thanks to your mom, she's awesome.
RD