Another day, another triumph

Today is a 'me' day. Wake up late. Have the breakfast I like to have the very most when I have the time. Clean the apartment so I can feel less cluttered. Chat online. Watch girlie movies with wine (after 5pm). And get the news that I have yet another brave friend.

This friend lives over seas. We traveled together in 2006 and had one of those connections most people only find with two or three people in their entire lives [I have been fortunate to find this many times over in my life]. She is breath taking to look at. Smart. Witty. And had been dating the same moronic prick for about 7 years.

When we were traveling she confided in me that he had hit her a few times in the past, but played it off (as most women do) as no big deal. She said she loved him and he loved her and that after her short stint in Europe, she was going to go back to Australia to him.

Sad for her, I kept in touch but never once told her to leave him. I heard many stories about him and the horrible things she was living through from the other side of the planet.

A time or two I tried to set her straight and see what was really going on, but she would shut down completely.

But this morning, I got the message I had been waiting nearly 4 years for - she left him. She gave him back his ring, bought a home and ditched his ass.

I have been beaming with pride all day and just wanted to tell anyone reading this that just when you think you can't bring yourself out of the darkness, you will somehow find the strength to face your daemons and show them whose boss!