It Happened

I didn’t want to survive, but I did.

I Didn’t Think This Was Something I Could Share

I Was Three, He was my Stepdad

I was Thirteen, He was a Seminary Student

I went from playing dress up to self harming

I closed up and built walls around myself

It took 15 years to tell my family

I felt like I was always meant to be abused

I felt like it was my fault

You made him do this. You led him on. I was 8.

No one could help. No one seemed to notice.

How Could She Not Believe Me?

It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, telling somebody for the first time

I survive by living life and not letting my past hold me back anymore.