July 22, 2024

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“Do you think your response has anything to do with your personal ​history?”


Absolutely. That doesn’t make me wrong.


In fact, I think it’s my past experiences that make me extraordinarily ​capable of speaking on the complexities of Childhood Sexual Abuse ​and the lasting effects of the abuse well into adulthood.


I have been a witness, a victim, a friend, and a parent of someone ​victimized.

I have seen it firsthand and from many different angles.


I believe that it is only by speaking openly and honesty about ​childhood sexual abuse do we have any hope of preventing it.


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I don’t mean to sound bleak.

If you’ve stumbled upon this blog in hopes of finding inspiration ​or a light at the end of the tunnel, I want you to know that it ​does get better.

But, I’d be remiss if I said that childhood sexual assault doesn’t ​leave a scar. That it doesn’t start to be the thing that you ​identify yourself by.

After I learned of my daughter’s abuse, it forced me to open ​some closed up memories in the back of my mind. Of my own ​story. Of how I came to be the person I am today.



I am NOT defined by what ​happened to me. But, I am the ​person I am largely because of it. I ​hope that by sharing my story as a ​survivor and the mother of a victim ​I will help to end the stigma around ​this topic. This is not a “private ​matter” that should be handled ​behind closed doors. Afterall, ​behind closed doors is where the ​abuse occured.




I hope that you will join me in bringing light to this subject. ​Giving victims a safe space to share and heal. Allowing them ​their voice which has been stolen from them.

If there is one thing I really hope to change it is to give the ​power back to the victims. To allow them to tell their stories ​without judgement. To give them permission to heal without ​fear of retaliation. For too long we’ve been forced to stay ​quiet and keep the peace. Whose peace were we keeping?