Greetings.
My god, it's been some time. I kind of forgot this thing existed until recently. Some updates, perhaps?
Rick and I are still together. As an aside, my previous entries that involve him? EMBARRASSING. LEVEL 20 EMBARRASSING. To be fair, I was very much depressed and very much not getting treatment for it. That has changed.
As has my relationship with Rick, and that's because of things that happened in 2012. It had come to my attention that he was emotionally abusing me very badly so I took myself and the kids to a domestic violence shelter. I was there for a few weeks when my nephew, Jonathan, went missing.
His body and the body of his friend was found 10 days after they were reported missing. They were murdered by 15 and 16 year old boys. The target was Paul, Jonathan's friend. The two kids were jealous of him and one of them was trying to get into a gang.
Jonathan was killed because he was there. He was 13. Paul was 16.
After that, all the stupid issues that Rick and I had were nothing and we worked on our relationship. I could not have gotten through that time without him.
Everything I do, I wonder how Jonathan would handle the situation. He was such a funny and kind kid. He made friends easily, and it's hard to think about all of the things he's been cheated out of.
The assholes that murdered him and Paul got laughable prison sentences. I don't want to talk about them.
Anyway, my 33rd birthday is approaching. It's strange to not be seen as a "young" person as people apparently become "old" after 25.
My kids are 13, 12 and 7.
This is longer than I intended. So, how are you?
- Julia
Rick and I are still together. As an aside, my previous entries that involve him? EMBARRASSING. LEVEL 20 EMBARRASSING. To be fair, I was very much depressed and very much not getting treatment for it. That has changed.
As has my relationship with Rick, and that's because of things that happened in 2012. It had come to my attention that he was emotionally abusing me very badly so I took myself and the kids to a domestic violence shelter. I was there for a few weeks when my nephew, Jonathan, went missing.
His body and the body of his friend was found 10 days after they were reported missing. They were murdered by 15 and 16 year old boys. The target was Paul, Jonathan's friend. The two kids were jealous of him and one of them was trying to get into a gang.
Jonathan was killed because he was there. He was 13. Paul was 16.
After that, all the stupid issues that Rick and I had were nothing and we worked on our relationship. I could not have gotten through that time without him.
Everything I do, I wonder how Jonathan would handle the situation. He was such a funny and kind kid. He made friends easily, and it's hard to think about all of the things he's been cheated out of.
The assholes that murdered him and Paul got laughable prison sentences. I don't want to talk about them.
Anyway, my 33rd birthday is approaching. It's strange to not be seen as a "young" person as people apparently become "old" after 25.
My kids are 13, 12 and 7.
This is longer than I intended. So, how are you?
- Julia