Gratitude in our lives

Im going to share a story of one of our forum members tonight. I will not say her name as i would like to protect her identity.

I began talking to her a little over a week ago. She is a young mother that has a baby boy 5 months of age. She has been involved with a man that is a psychopath. He has verbally,emotionally and physically beat her down for sometime now.

She decided to escape on Aug 1, 2010. She took this brave step out of the house with little more than the clothes on her and her sons back. She has no family support to speak of. Very little financial means to survive however, She is resolved to giving her son a better life and she knows if she stays with this man her chances of living to see another day are slim. So She doesn't give up. She wants more for her son. She has come to the board for support, encouragement and to educate herself about the disordered when she can as she doesn't have internet access regularly. She is resolved to the fact that she must stay NC. She is without a home, staying in a hotel and looking for woman shelter service now. She has moments when she thinks maybe she should go back to him. Then she reaches out for reassurance and encouragement to make it through another day. She doesn't give up. I would like to ask everyone to say a little prayer or write a word of encouragement for her tonight. She is truly an inspiration.

I sit here tonight in my home, cozy on the couch with the pets after a nice dinner and i cant help but feel her pain and her fear of the unknown for her and her son and this brings tears to my eyes. But, yet she doesn't give up. She is in a hotel lobby using the computer as i am writing this, working on a plan to survive tomorrow. She has just enough money to make it one more day in the hotel. But she still doesn't give up. I dont think i have ever met anyone quite like her. I keep waiting for the news that she went back but i dont think im going to get that news. something tells me she will never give up. I am so proud of her.
Thank you for listening.