Child Abuse Story From Jennifer3 Part 2

by Jennifer
(Gaffney, South Carolina, USA)

I'm pretty sure some of you have read Child abuse story from Jennifer3 on this site. I am now 17. I'll be 18 in June. I am still scared of my father for what he did to me and my mom that night. I still hide in my closet when he yells at my mom. Ever since that night I've been trying to put the pieces of my life back together. I'm currently going through counseling and saving up money to help pay for an apartment or a house. I am also going to college during the fall for culinary arts. My dad still scares me a lot and he still calls me names (even around my boyfriend and my friends) but I have learned to ignore him sometimes, but most of the time I can't. My boyfriend is wanting so bad for me to move away from my dad right now but I can't 'cause I have no place to go but to a shelter. My boyfriend doesn't want me to go to a shelter so he's been begging his mom to let me move in with them. So far the pieces of my life are coming together. I can't wait to start my own life. I just want everyone who's ever been treated like that to know there is hope. Don't give up. There is a god.

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