October 6, 2005…….. Eight years ago today I was in St France Trauma center fighting for my life… with my Three children and several dear friends at my side wondering if I was gonna live or die… My children were never more scared with their father at large for attempted murder, as they sat there in shock and very very confused because they love their dad and couldn’t understand what he had just done. I remember waking up and seeing the fear in each and every one of their eyes, and telling them everything was gonna be ok. But that day changed our lives forever. And only with the help of some dear friends did we manage to survive that night and many many more. We all went through our own fazes of anger, resentment and just utter confusion on how and why did this happen. I myself suffered from post traumatic stress disorder for years, and was lost and very angry and cried at a drop of a pin…… I finally found forgiveness to the person responsible for all of this, and found that it was much easier to live with forgiveness then anger. Today, I am a much healthier person then I was back then, but only because of the best friends in the world for loving me, and helping me along the way and stay by me even when I was not such a wonderful person to be around… There is no way I could even begin to name all the people that reached out to me, whether it was a call, and email a text, flowers a notes… or just being there for me and my kids. However, there are a few people that stand above the rest, who made some life changing choices to help us. I am not sure if I ever thanked you for the courage it took taking on a messed up Family. Sean and Carol Walsh, choosing to be a mediator between my children’s father and me, and not taking sides, making decisions that were best for myself and the kids when I was not able to. Lisa May for taking in my two youngest children to her home that night, only to be force to release them to child protective service in the middle of the night, or risk being arrested herself. But there is one person who stands above all and I know I could never thank her enough for her patience and her kindness, but most of all her unconditional love. To this day I call her my guardian Angel…. She has always been there for me, even when I didn’t deserve it! Tricia Bliss…. She has never walked away, because the drama was too much for her to handle, even though I am positive she wanted to so many many times! Normally, today I would celebrate life with a party and or a brunch with friends and my kids … This year I wanted to celebrate by telling everyone how lucky and thankful I am to have all the people that stood by me and my kids all these years …. There are too many to name them all. I thank you all for being patient with me, while I continue to heal. I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL!! Leslie......
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:21:56 +0000
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