Originally Posted by Tuula

Well alot of my "friends and family" used to give me a real hard time when it came to Francis and were always trying to convince me to leave him (except my brother because he introduced us) but I saw things in him that they didn't see and I knew what his dreams were (helping kids) and what he was passionate about, so I stood by him. Francis never has or would be abusive to me (I think that's what everyone was afraid of), because I gave him respect, he gave me respect.