Breakaway
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Breakaway; what does that mean to a woman who has given all of herself, faithfully in a relationship? More times than not, it means a woman has finally let go of her equator; that imaginary line that separates her from her pride, common sense, and self respect. It means she has finally chosen to be happy rather than to be in a relationship or situation to put it more honestly. As women, we all too often feel as if we have to endure whatever is thrown our way to keep the man, or boy, in our lives happy. We ask ourselves, “Why do I continue to go through this?” “Why do I continue to allow him to treat me this way and not leave?” Because we are loving and forgiving individuals by nature, we often put everyone else’s needs before our own and are not the type of people to give up on anything without a fight. We often forget about our own needs and end up in a self-defeating situation that only serves to further diminish our self-worth and self-respect. We allow ourselves to be put on a path of self-destruction and self-sacrificing behavior because we allow guilt to come into play and overrule everything we know to be right. By forgetting who we are, we forge ourselves into the person our other half wants us to be instead of whom we know ourselves to be. We become completely engulfed in what “he” needs and what “he” wants and suffer the consequences of a self-recriminating attitude which leads to self-hate and self-loathing, so much so that we can no longer tell where he ends and we begin!
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About the Book
What does the word “relationship” mean to us as women? It means finding that person that’s perfect for us and in finding that perfect person, we live together committed as one forsaking all others. It means having a monogamous, respectful, and honest relationship that does not include the woman next door, from his job, the grocery store, or anywhere else. It means being with a “real” man that knows how to treat his wife; how to love her more than life itself. It means being with a man that couldn’t care less if he doesn’t have time for his friends, as long as he has time for his wife and family. In this day and age however, men seem to have lost all sense of priorities and what it means to be a husband and father. They cheapen themselves and their relationship to the point where sometimes there is nothing left to build upon and what was once a wonderful thing has now dwindled to ashes. Within the pages of this book, I express a lot of what I feel a relationship should consist of and what a relationship can and should do without. This book is my version of a woman’s guide to letting go of the negatives in her life while opening herself up to the possibilities of real and true happiness.
About the Author
Kathleen, coming from a family of seven sisters and two brothers and being raised primarily by their mother, grew up as a very opinionated child into an even more opinionated adult. Kathleen feels the need for honesty with others and does not like to sugar-coat life; she speaks of it as she sees it. Going from writing poetry about life's many emotions to life in what is called a "relationship" by many was not a big leap for her; it was just a matter of grouping all those feelings and emotions together to address what she feels is most times a "situation" that we allow ourselves to be drawn into forging the supposed "American Dream" known as family. Kathleen, being a mother of three, one being her daughter, feels there is a scale that's been too long tipped in favor of men and she feels it's due time for women to rightfully re-take their place at the "side" of their husbands as their equals and not behind them as their "do-girls" and she coarsely expresses those feelings within the pages of this book.