My Sophomore year of High School I fell in love, little did I know at the time the person I had fallen for would help set off a change of events that would forever impact my live in such a negative way. There are two sides to every story and I am not blameless in my story. I don’t blame myself for being abused but I do blame myself for not walking away long before I did. I wish I had had more confidence back then to realize I didn’t deserve to be treated the way I was. I wish I would have known the true damage I was causing not only myself but everyone who cared about me. I wish I would have had a magic ball so that I could have seen that my future was going to be as blessed as it is, to know that I didn’t need to put myself through all that pain. I thought I knew what love was, when he told me he was sorry I believed him every single time because I loved him and I thought he loved me which meant he would change. When he told me that no one would ever want me or love me the way h