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With time away came perspective, and perspective is everything. In the summer of 1997, Bonnie Lee Schultz found
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herself in a position that many women have. She had gotten married young to her high school boyfriend and jumped
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quickly into the role of homemaker, following her husband's job wherever it took them. In over 26 years of marriage,
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she raised two kids who she loved more than anything. [music] But no amount of love from them back
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could fill the space that she felt growing between her and her husband Rick. It wasn't the kind of thing that I
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think happens all at once because of something said or done. It's this like lifetime of small decisions that send
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two people growing [music] in separate directions. But there came a time for Bonnie when I think finding a way back
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to each other probably didn't seem possible. About the time her youngest would have been going into first grade,
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Bonnie decided to join the workforce. So, she got a job at a company called RGis or sometimes called Regis, doing
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inventory audits at stores in the area. I don't know if the goal was just to like get a little more independence and
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identity outside of the home or if it was just to have some extra money since her husband kept her on a tight budget,
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but it served to do both nonetheless. And Rick wasn't a fan. Bonnie told her friend Diane that Rick made it clear. I
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mean, she could go get her full-time job, but he still expected her to have the house clean and dinners