Hessler has spoken with her family — husband Curtiss, 42; son Peyton, 17; and daughters Kennedy 15, Sullivan, 13, and Veda, 7 — just three times since leaving them. Friends are taking care of them, she said.
Not everyone has supported her decision. My mother told me I was being very selfish, she admitted.
And her husband, a former Bank of America financial adviser who now works at a local Florida bank, is perplexed. He says hes working for the Man, and Im fighting against him, she said.