Chapter 15Rachael worked the hotline at Lisbeth House that Saturday and Sunday evenings. Being in service to others brought home the fact that her life had changed drastically. While volunteering, she selflessly devoted time to the caller's emotional care. Hearing a troubled woman's voice was all she knew at that moment. Being needed and able to help in return was helping her to like herself. She became someone who made a difference. The more time she spent with the abused, the more she realized a***e was a role she would no longer experience personally.
When she first began volunteering, she was constantly reminded of her own history. She struggled to turn the knowledge around to shed some light into another person's noxious existence. Except in rare instances, she wouldn't share informa
