Saturday, July 30, 2011

This I promise you!


I just read a post by my good friend Annette here, and it seems that a lot of my friends are upset lately. And I just want to say that no matter what the stigma, no matter what people say, no matter the gasps I may receive, no matter what people may think, I do this through the ups and downs, the hurt, the joy, the pain and the laughter, the heartache and the love, tears and the smiles....every moment of the journey which you can see is a constant up and down battle. It isn't easy...but I choose it because I made a promise. A promise to someone I love. Someone I love with all my heart. Does he take care of me? Yes, yes he does to the best of his ability. He works for less than a dollar a day so that he can send me home every little bit that he can, and so that he doesn't have to ask me for money that he knows I don't have.
He takes care of me by loving me..by making sure that I know I am loved. By giving me the best advice that he can. By calling me every day and talking to me. By trying his best to be a family man from where he is. He may be in prison, and he may have done wrong, but he is doing the best he can to change. Change, yes he can change and he has changed. I AM A PRISON WIFE. The difference between me and others? I am not ashamed. I don't hide in my house ashamed and hanging my head. Your husband might be an alcoholic. A sex addict, a porn addict. A spend a-holic. Depressed. Cheating on you...He might be a gambler. He might be abusive to you. There are so many things he might be doing. Or let's put the shoe on the other foot, maybe those are things you are doing? Do you go around announcing them? Should we gasp about your circumstances? Whisper to all our friends about how the one you love is never going to change? Or how you yourself can't change?

Don't be sad Annette...everyone in this world has issues...ours are just in the spotlight because our men got caught at their misdeeds. I love you girl and we WILL get through this together!

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