Elizabeth writes:
I first moved out of my family home in 2007 with my high school sweetheart. We move a couple hours away to have a fresh start. He had those country boy vibes and I was oblivious to his narcissistic ways. I came home to him and a girl alone in our apartment, but he swore he wasn't cheating, that I was crazy. Long story short ... He was cheating, and had many many times. I've always been a passive person, avoiding confrontation like the plague. After 4 years being together, 2 years of living together, the cheating, and his threats, I finally got the guts to leave him. My friends and now fiance and father of my children showed up at my door under the cover of darkness and moved me back home to Syracuse, but I still traveled back and forth for 2 weeks to ride out my 2 week notice and say goodbye to the amazing friends I made and protected me through the process of leaving him. I got this sugar glider tattoo as a way to say, "Sometimes you have to give things up in order to grow." Not only did I have to re home sugar gliders I'd owned, but I gave up a life I had built, and slowly lost contact with those friends over the years. There have been other things as well, such as in peek COVID I was dealt a raw hand in company downsizing and had to give up my career to do something new. Now (16 years out of that awful relationship), I have my own business, 2 beautiful children, an amazing home, and a partner I can trust. The tattoo is a beautiful reminder in how much you can gain in giving something up.

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