Thanks for the support. I want the world to know that when you make a choice to live with someone you are to be respected for continuing to do that to the end. I have been criticized by a few people of authority who believe I should have left the marriage at some point, and they fault me for not doing that, so I must trust that I followed God's plan for me by taking care of a difficult person whom others would not been able to succeed with for very long. Yes, I did a job that no one else could have done. My reward will be in Heaven.
I still believe in marriage, but now I also believe in divorce, which I did not for many years, when there is abuse that is damaging. mentally or physically. I also believe in the concept of co-morbidity, where more than one disease or issue contributes to total decline.
I fought the good cause by donating some of my late husbands wealth to a new domestic violence center for men and women victims.
That makes me feel very good every day. Kind of funny, isn't it? Dorisena