I feel scared

My husband and I are very stuck in an abusive home. He's not a U.S. citizen yet, so he doesn't have work authorization and I don't make a lot of money from my job.

There's a lot of nuance to the situation. We're currently in the process of marriage-based green card approval and my mother, the abuser, is the co-sponsor and can take that back if she wanted to. So we’ve been walking on eggshells.

She punched me a week ago and for the first time in my life, I hit her back. She tried hitting my husband too when he kept her from hitting me.

I'm scared. I don't have money. I don't have family. I don't have friends who have the means to help us. I feel scared. My husband has his hands tied with what he can do and his best his trying to relax me and comfort me. And I'm so thankful to have him. But I'm still scared. Every day.