Hi! I'm Maria! I have run away from home to be with my father in Florida. The backstory of why I ran away is simply to escape abusive parents. My mother would physically abuse me and my stepfather would verbally abuse me. The catch is, they treated my stepsister, Samantha like a princess. That drew the line and is also why I'm now in Florida with my dad. Things have been going well. I'm here to tell you that there are true survivors of being a runaway. Here's the aftermath of me being a runaway.