Dear Cath:

So glad you wrote this update. Been wondering about you and hoping to read from you soon. My goodness, I didn’t know your ex was that abusive! For crying out loud! What a shame that he left this mark on your life.

I am glad you got more insight, did reading and therapy and you were accepted to a PhD program abroad. I hope you get a scholarship and a job. This will be a New Beginning, a New Life, away from your family and the geographical proximity to the ex. Leave them all behind and move forward.

Write again, soon, will you? Tell me more about what is on your mind and heart and how your scholarship and job search are progressing.

anita