The year that changed my life.

  This post is rather hard to write but I thought I should post it so it could maybe help someone. Plus, since I am telling about my life story, you can't really leave something out that was big in your life right?
    During my Jr. year in high school I met this boy. Something was different about him. I wasn't sure at the time what was different but I could see something. We had a class together. When I first met him, he told me that he had been jumped when he was 12 years old. He pulled up his shirt and showed me his scar that went from his belly button all the way up to his chest. He had been stabbed. I got chills just from looking at his scar. He took me out to a movie one day and he asked me to be his girl. I didn't even think that was weird that he asked me to be his girlfriend the day we went out for the first time. A couple of days later he called me. That day I found out that he was living in a group home. I was really curious as to why he was living in a group home. I asked him why he was living in a group home and he told me that he was in a gang. That he had gotten into trouble, and he went to court. The judge told him he could either go to jail or come to Orem and stay in a group home. I looked at him and I was scared out of my mind. He told me that he wasn't a part of the gang anymore. I believed him. I can't believe I would even consider that he was telling the truth. After dating him for a couple of months I found out that he had anger problems. Anything I would do or say would set him off. I tried breaking up with him and he was really upset. He threw me up against a locker at school and told me that I wasn't allowed to leave him. He threated many things. I was so scared. We dated for over a year. He abused me the whole time. I had teachers and councilors that knew what was going on. I was told that if I ever felt unsafe I could get up out of my chair, leave class, and go to my teachers class room that I felt safe in. There were many times that I left my classes and went to my "safe room."
    We dated for over a year. I tried many times breaking up with him, but, every time I would bring it up, he would get angry, and yell at me. Luckily, he graduated a year before I did. I changed my number, and blocked him on Facebook. Those are only two of the ways I got away from him. I had help from my parents, and teachers. I'm grateful that I was able to get away from that situation. I think why I'm here on earth is so that I can help others through the tough times they are going through. I'm glad I was able to go through these tough times so I could learn and grow. I wouldn't be the person I am today if I didn't go through hard things. I'm very blessed to be here on earth.