MORE Magazine January 2017 | Page 5

lAt the age of 23 I met and married a man after only knowing him a month . Of course it didn ’ t last and I was divorced within a year . To make matters worse I became pregnant shortly thereafter by a married man . He was not involved with my child and I , so this hurt me to my core . I did not want my child to have to grow up without a father .
I was very depressed , but I kept my feelings buried deep inside . One day , I met my knight in shining armor . He was everything that I thought I wanted and needed at the time , and he was willing to be a father to my daughter . Boy was I wrong ! The next seven years would be filled with betrayal , resentment , abuse , isolation , and torture to name a few . I suffered so much pain at the hands of this man that I know it is only by the grace of God that I am hear to even share this testimony .
On April 28 , 2009 the Lord delivered me from this man in such a miraculous way and I came home to my family . When I came home the Lord spoke to me and through others that I shared my story with and told me I needed to write a book . I ran from it for 6 yrs due to fear , but in April of 2015 I took a step of faith and wrote my story and had it published .

" I BEGAN TO GET INTO RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT DIDN ’ T

DESERVE ME , SEARCHING FOR LOVE ."