10 Things I Wish I Could Have Told Myself While I Was Still in an Abusive Relationship

Last week, I took a deep dive into my digital photo archive, searching for childhood pictures of my newly minted eighteen-year-old. I hadn’t looked through the photos in a while and was startled to see images of myself through the years because, for the first time, it felt like I was looking at a different person.

Throughout most of my marriage, I hated …