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Set Up for Failure but Expected To Succeed
It doesn't make sense and something needs to change
After talking to two struggling friends yesterday afternoon, I felt heavy, maybe even angry.
One of them is in a toxic relationship. She’s 7 months pregnant, working two jobs, and raising her 12-year-old son nearly by herself. It seemed like every solution we thought of comes down to not having enough money.
My other friend is facing many dark and scary thoughts. Her mental health is at an all-time low, she’s isolated in an unfamiliar state for work and is living by herself. She too cannot do what she knows she needs to do because of finances.
I hate this. Why is the world like this?
My first friend could use a break from work to figure out how she is going to get out of a dangerous relationship wreaking havoc on her body and mind. In my opinion, she needs to get away — at least for a little bit. And I’m not saying that because I want her to come to visit me, but I know that I would have never left (or it would have taken much longer to leave ) my abusive ex if it weren’t for getting out of the same small town as him.
I want her to have the ability to breathe and be intentional about how she is going to protect herself and her two children. Yet, she cannot do…
