<human>: Ok, so I've recently started seeing a woman... we're just in the beginning stages of a relationship.  (Our kids attend the same extra-curricular activity, which is where we met and started talking a couple times per week since last September.) 

She left her abusive (physically and emotionally) boyfriend of 10 years about 8 months ago, after he beat her up in front of her kids.  The cops were called, and she finally realized the situation and got out.  She moved in with her parents, and has been making some great decisions with her life. (Attending abuse victim counseling, dropping old friends, no contact with ex, restarting old hobbies, going back to school, etc.)

As we have talked, she's occasionally mentioned some of the abuse specifics, and I never know what to say or do.  I know she's not looking for my "help", of course...   but I feel like I should "do' something or say something.  

This is very new to me, as I've never known anyone who was in a serious domestic abuse situation.  My heart absolutely breaks for her, and all I want to do is take her into my arms and comfort her.

I realize that isn't healthy for either of us, though.. even if we are attracted to each other.

Does anyone with experience in this sort of thing want to share some advice for me?  Should I back off from her and leave her alone to heal over time?   (She is *very* interested in a relationship with me, and has made that crystal clear. I like her a lot, but I'm really concerned she isn't healthy/whole/healed just yet..   but I don't want to wait too long, as she's really terrific.)

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: I like a woman who recently got out of a long-term physically/emotionally abusive relationship.  I feel like I need to "do" something.  Not sure what is appropriate and what isn't.