At this particular shelter, you could only stay for one month, which I feel is way too short of time to find a job and a place to live when you consider security deposits and other costs that come with moving into a new place. Most shelters give you much more time than one month. God had to have been watching over me because I met a woman who used to work for an apartment complex.
We were able to move into one of the apartments without putting any money down. I found a job within two weeks of being at the shelter because of my experience in the medical billing field due to my ten-year employment at Capital Blue Cross. Yes, before Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress took over my life, I had eighteen employees reporting to me and was on my way to being financially secure. I put down half of the first month’s rent and they gave us two weeks to pay the rest. My roommate immediately went back to work in the Apartment Complex’s office. We also cleaned the apartments for supplemental income to get back on our own two feet. WE DID IT! We did what we had to do to survive and YOU CAN DO IT ALSO.
If they hit you once, they will do it again. Studies have shown a physically abusive person gets more abusive with each partner. If their ex tells you they abused them, chances are they are telling the truth and you will find this out very shortly. I use to say, Trust me they have bruises also.” I was proud I held my own. This is so wrong. No one should ever have to physically fight their partner. No one (women, men, children, and animals) deserve to be abused. Let’s stand together to end the cycle of abuse NOW!
