Strength

I want to show you what strength is, and what the women in my family are raised to be.
When you fall in love, you hope that everything you see, everything you know about that person is exactly as it should be. That he's just as sweet, faithful, remarkable and true as he was as you fell in love.
Sometimes, however, we don't find out until after that maybe this man is lying. Maybe he's not so good, so sweet, so faithful.
There are so many women in this world who turn a blind eye to that; so many women who would find this weakness and cover it back up as quickly as possible, not wanting their image of him to be sullied.
And then there are women like my cousin, who put her foot down, and then brought the other one down on his face right after it.
Read this blog, and remind yourself of what strength is. So that if a friend or a loved one finds herself covering up the bad man, she may find the fortitude to stand on her own two feet instead.
The Release
I have never been more proud of you, Amber.