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6bf">I felt blamed because he thought the babies were not his.</p><p id="b7e5">I was an emotional wreck when the money ran out in a foreign country.</p><p id="7c75">I was a broken mess by the time we were rescued and were able to go back home.</p><p id="a644">But most of all I was so tired and exhausted.</p><p id="fbcc">I needed to be rescued and helped.</p><p id="075a">We needed a new family system to help me with twin babies and a mentally ill spouse.</p><p id="f542">I found refuge when it finally came and took advantage of it.</p><p id="1c6c">I found hope that we would finally be okay and be human again.</p><p id="e3c8">I found the love of my babies that kept me going to this day.</p><p id="f17a">Their father gave up and killed himself which helped us all in the long run.</p><ul><li>

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<a href="https://medium.com/tag/mental-illness">Mental Illness</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/tag/costa-rica">Costa Rica</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/tag/life-lessons">Life Lessons</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/tag/marriage">Marriage</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/tag/death">Death</a></li></ul><p id="2fda"><b><i>Jo Ann Harris</i></b><i> is an author, parent, book devotee, writer, copywriter, and film fanatic. She is an autodidact who learns about everything and rows her own boat. She grew up and worked in Atlanta, Georgia and lived there for sixty years. She writes articles about love, hope, personal life stories, advice and poems. She is a published author with an article published in Woman’s World magazine in October 2017.</i></p></article></body>

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Killing Me Softly

Life in Isolation

I was alone but not alone living in another country.

I was afraid but couldn’t show it when I was pregnant with twins.

I felt dumb because I didn’t know the language and needed help.

I felt isolated with no family or friends to talk to.

I felt ashamed that my husband did not want me anymore.

I felt blamed because he thought the babies were not his.

I was an emotional wreck when the money ran out in a foreign country.

I was a broken mess by the time we were rescued and were able to go back home.

But most of all I was so tired and exhausted.

I needed to be rescued and helped.

We needed a new family system to help me with twin babies and a mentally ill spouse.

I found refuge when it finally came and took advantage of it.

I found hope that we would finally be okay and be human again.

I found the love of my babies that kept me going to this day.

Their father gave up and killed himself which helped us all in the long run.

Jo Ann Harris is an author, parent, book devotee, writer, copywriter, and film fanatic. She is an autodidact who learns about everything and rows her own boat. She grew up and worked in Atlanta, Georgia and lived there for sixty years. She writes articles about love, hope, personal life stories, advice and poems. She is a published author with an article published in Woman’s World magazine in October 2017.

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