Katie: Leaving an Abusive Marriage, 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago Katie packed a minivan one outfit at a time, took her two small children to karate, and drove a different way home. They followed a stranger's car from a restaurant parking lot, because the shelter does not give out its address. Katie is not a professional guest. She is a survivor who spent about two decades not talking about most of this, and agreed to talk here because she thought it might reach someone. Her marriage began in 1989 and turned once the children arrived; the d...