Thank you my friend. Writing is definitely bringing me some sort of peace that I haven't found in therapy or in reading, so I'm going to stick with it until my brain's finished purging. Funny, too, I didn't

Exactly. I've done quite a bit of reading on childhood sexual assault, have been in therapy for a year, and currently volunteer at a non-profit for child assault victims. The brain knows how to protect

Thank you so much.

Holy moly! Thanks for this update (and for reading)

Sadly, he is not. There will be more to the story explaining my recently finding him, though.

I appreciate this and you taking the time to read and share. Thank you, Shivvi.

Thank you, my friend...although I'm sad that you can relate so much. So many of us deserved so much better. hugs

Thank you, Jayna. My mother, sadly, did face quite a bit of blame in later years. Our relationship has been strained for over a year and much of that relates to this story, but also to other things she

Thank you.

Thank you!

Beautiful!! <3