Family and Friends Forum

As partners/family members we really are all under a huge amount of pressure and show amazing strength. Some days i feel like i have to be superwoman, it's all very emotionally, physically and mentally draining but in times like these it shows our true strength. We have come a really long way since the knock, I almost cannot believe we have got through so much. The last hurdle feels so intense, we are almost to a point of life being ok. We have been so lucky so far with how everything has gone and we are on the final stage of making plans for my partner to move home. But the fear of our lives going wrong is huge, I hope that will fade in time with help. As a partner I feel i have berm handed a sentence, I have to make sacrifices and carry the burden of his crime, some days it feels so unfair. I'm glad we will hopefully soon get our lives back, start to rebuild everything. I'm glad that both me and my partner have been involved in some way to help others in the future in this position with things we have been involved in, it's amazing what we have both learnt and how have changed in positive ways. I feel no one really knows the effort and determination that goes into turning this situation into a positive, as a parent my children will never know all I have gone through for them, to ensure they are safe, to fight for our family and for them to have the life they want and deserve. It's crazy how in an instant life can change through no fault of your own.