They told me I have a job here forever. But as a single woman, she doesn't have the support system that many married women have. I don't even know if I want to go there. Sooner or later I probably will, but there aren't all that many good guys out there to begin with, and to think there's somebody who would want to take on somebody like me now. It just changes everything.
People have no idea unless they go through it.
For one thing, she has had to learn to accept help. I'm used to being independent. I've raised two kids by myself. I was used to being the caregiver, to being in charge. But she has also met survivors who helped her through, and she wants to return the favor.