Living with the Mess I Made

Read on the Wednesday, May 14th radio program.

I wish I would have discovered you sooner, because I've violated some of the key guiding issues you champion, and those early decisions reverberate in my life and my kids’ lives today. When I was 19, I married a man who turned out to be an alcoholic, adulterer who was also abusive. Yes, there were indicators that I foolishly did not pay attention to.