Child Abuse Story From Jenah
by Jenah
(Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Abused by my dad - but I couldn't remember any of it:
At 14 years of age, I found out my dad had been abusing my little sister and me when we were little. You are all probably thinking 'How did you find out? Did you not remember?' And the truth is, no I didn't.
My dad had been raising me and my little sister since the day my mother had died. I was about 6 years old when she died, my little sister was 4. From what I remember of the time dad took care of us was that he was always there and he loved us.
So, at the age of 14, on the anniversary of my mom's death, I went to the attic and looked into a box which had most of my mother's things, like pictures and other things. I found a tape in that box. I was curiously. I took the tape downstairs with me and I put it in the video player. Suddenly, I came across my sister and I running around naked in the house when we were little. Then I saw my dad in the video. He was naked too, and I saw my sister lying on the bed, and him touching my sister in the video. Then a few minutes later, I saw myself also lying naked on the bed and my dad also touching me.
I was shocked to see this video because I didn't remember any of this horrible event that took place. I felt sick. I kept wondering how I didn't remember this. How, if it really happened, did my dad manage to get away with it?
I decided to tell my sister about it, who at that time was 11 years old. I wanted to see if she remembered any of it or anything like that. When I talked to her about it, she burst out crying and confessed that Dad was still doing it to her. I was angry. I packed my sister's bags and told her to go to my aunt's. I packed my bags and waited for my dad to come home, to confront him. When he did, I threw the video on the floor and asked him why he did that. He fell to the floor and burst out crying, saying he did it because he loved us. I felt sick after hearing those words. I walked out of the house.
My aunt heard the whole story from my sister. When I got there, I heard my aunt on the phone to the police. The police came and took my sister to the hospital to get checked up, to see if Dad had been hurting her recently. After the check-up, the doctors told us that my sister had been raped about 24 hours ago. I cried for my sister a lot. My dad got arrested and went to jail. My sister and I haven't seen him since.
I am 18 now. To this day, I still feel guilty about my sister's experiences. I don't understand why I didn't remember the abuse. If I did, I would've stopped it from continuously happening to my sister. I feel I am to blame.
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