A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

       IT'S TRUE..... A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.    THE PHOTO I ENTERED TODAY IS THE ME I USED TO BE.   SO SAD. SO ANGRY.       I'M STILL SAD AND STILL ANGRY, BUT DEALING WITH IT.  ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENING IN MY LIFE.  WHEREAS BEFORE,  I COULD SEE NO HOPE.  THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW....I GUESS I'M STRONGER.  I'M READY TO REALLY DUST OFF THE SEAT OF MY PANTS.        HOW COULD I LET SOME ONE CAUSE ME TO BE SO LOW?  AT SOME POINTS IN MY LIFE, I WENT INTO WHAT I  CALL  "THE BLACKNESS"  I DIDN'T TALK TO ANY BODY, DIDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE, DIDN'T WANT TO GO A-N-Y PLACE.  THE ONLY PLACE I WAS COMFORTABLE WAS IN MY BED, WITH THE COVERS PULLED UP OVER MY HEAD.    I GUESS THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE REFER TO AS DEPRESSION.  I EVEN THOUGHT I'D BE BETTER OFF GONE AT ONE POINT, AT LEAST I WOULDN'T HAVE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE  ANYMORE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT.....MY SON.....HE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT, SO I STRUGGLED ON.  LIKE I SAID, HOW COULD I ALLOW SOMEONE TO HAVE THAT MUCH CONTROL OF MY LIFE?   N-E-V-E-R AGAIN!!!!!         HA! HA! HA!   I WON'T EVER GIVE ANOTHER MAN THAT KIND OF POWER.  I KNOW WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME, AND IT SURE AS HECK IS NOT A MAN!!!   THANKS TO GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LOVE OF MY SON, I'M SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL...MY HUSBAND AND I ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT,  I'M NOT SURE IT WILL WORK, BUT IF IT DOESN'T....I SURE WON'T CRUMBLE UP.   I KNOW THAT THE MORE POWER YOU GIVE A MAN TO HURT YOU,,,HE WILL.            LIFE CAN BE GOOD, AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE THE ICING ON THE CAKE!!!!!!