On midnight this Sunday, it will mark the 5th year my Lilly rescued me. Many of you don't know my story. I was in an 11 year marriage of which I was not permitted to have friends or family. Slowly she chased off any friends, and made me burn bridges with family. She even killed my cat, and threatened me with accusations of molestation if I attempted to take on a father role to her daughter. I was hopelessly lonely, and my health was failing, as the nightly lectures on how horrible of a person I was, and the evil acts I would do if she allowed me any freedom, kept me in perpetual stage 2 hypertension levels with my blood pressure. My kidneys struggled, and was constantly passing stones. Blindly I endured, believing my faith would save the situation, that she would let up, something. Finally, something she would say to me on a call to my work, as she was constantly checking up on me, it would wake me up to the danger of what all this was leading to. I had been pleading with her for the last 3 years as she had forbid me contact with my mother amongst others. In this call, she like always made it clear that I was a failure, and that she felt pretty sure she would shoot me before giving me a chance to be shared with anyone else. I panicked as she had managed to get a gun from her brother, go back many years to when I was a child, my mothers ex came to that same conclusion, and we fled while he fired. These things are all to real, and do happen. I dropped everything, took what would fit in a backpack, and took to the streets. Started with a nice Hispanic man in a little pickup giving me my first experience as a hitchhiker. I traveled 4000 miles, bus stop, to bus stop. Eventually landing in Glens Falls NY, wear Lilly, a single mother, with barely enough to make ends meet for her and her little family took pity on a broken and defeated man she hardly knew. Her family accepted me, even managed to bring her and her father closer. I very much love my new family, and have reunited with my family. My health problems vanished completely, and I have the joy of speaking to my mother any time I want, love and miss you mom. I have made such good friends, and my who have decided to consider me there father, brother, and one even calls me grandpa XD. Lilly has been so good to me, and I love her dearly. I managed to get a job at Telescope and with that, took away the struggle of this wonderful family. For us, it is the end of January-February 1st that we consider our anniversary. Thank all you for the support over the years, I love you all.