You Caught Me

Two years can give a girl a lot of perspective. We were talking one day recently about a girl she met, a new friend. This girl has been through some similar things our girl has been through. Her brother molested her, the family did nothing. So we were talking and she said, I can't imagine if I'd stayed in that house. She said there is no way I could look at my brother who hurt me and my parents who did nothing to protect me. The new friend has borderline personality disorder. She asked us if that would have been her had she not gotten out of that house. We said yes, most likely it would be. Thinking back to how everything had to align for her to leave is almost over whelming. In earlier posts, I talked about it. She said, "When I realized you wanted me, I jumped and you caught me." When she said that Rick and I were like we sure did. Had she stayed, she says she would have died. I don't like to think about that because it's too sad. God knew we'd catch her and like I've said before He also knew it would be a long journey. She's getting there. Recently, she said to us, "What kind of people just let their 15 year old  daughter go? Who does that?" I told her people that don't have a soul that's who. It is beyond my comprehension. We don't think about that too much anymore. Sometimes it creeps into our minds, but she is focused on being happy and healthy and learning and going and doing. And for that we are so very very thankful!



"When I realized you wanted me, I jumped and you caught me."

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