Karma wrote:

The captain save a hoe in me wants to fix it all for them

Captain Save a Hoe would have been devastated by my job- there was just no saving many of them, the cycle of abuse was so ingrained most of my clients wound up returning to their abusive relationships. It sucked. And I could not tell them not to, my job was to give them options and safety and give them the power to make their own decisions (which they didn't have in their abusive relationships). So I had to let them do what they were going to do, knowing full well they could wind up either back in my shelter at some point, or dead. 
 

Karma wrote:

Just the mere mention of these events sadden me greatly. Thank you for doing a good thing for these poor people. Your awesome factor just blew off the scale in my book.

Aww, thank you, Karma. But, I'm no saint- stuck it out in that job for 5 years but eventually got burnt out. I was on-call 24/7 and after a while I got seriously resentful of my repeat clients- having to drive to rescue them in the middle of the night only to have them go back two days later. Rinse. Repeat. I got jaded and numb, and stopped having compassion and empathy. I finally had to admit to my boss that I'd lost my objectivity and passion for it. She told me the shelf life of a person in that occupation is about 5 years for that reason. I don't regret the years I spent helping those families, but it was definitely time to be done eventually....
 

Karma wrote:

You did your time. You were diligent, and .......just take the damned compliment 😊

LMAO! Yes, sir.