Cara Brookins and her four kids were trapped, they lived in a household with domestic abuse. Everyone felt like a prisoner. For a short time, Brookins was married to a man who “descended into full-blown paranoid schizophrenia.” Even after their divorce, he continued to bother and frighten the family. She, and the kids, felt broken. Brookins knew things had to change so she made a bold decision. She wandered down an unknown path, hoping it would allow for everyone to take control over their lives again.
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Trapped
The single mom of four — Hope, Drew, Jada and Roman, aged 17 to 2 at the time — felt trapped in their sadness. Felt trapped in unhappiness. “During that period, I remarried to a man who I thought was strong enough to handle it,” Cara told CBS News. “But I was wrong and he turned out to be a very violent man.”
Trapped
