Child Abuse Story From Linda1 Part 2

by Linda
(Oklahoma, USA)

A Glass House: 
Growing up in an incestuous home was very frightening and scary. Inside the home we did not tell the secrets we had. My mother always made us present the best face possible when we left home by dressing a certain way and always acting with our manners. By doing so, I always felt that I lived in a glass house that at any moment could shatter and fall apart if any of the secrets were ever told.

Our family finally shattered when I told the family secrets when I turned 30. This was the most painful time in my life as the glass house had shattered. All of the pretence that we had gone through to deny that there was anything wrong in our home disappeared. All of us had to face the secrets that we kept.

This was the beginning of our family's healing and it is a day by day healing. I want to write a book for young teenage girls who are experiencing the same abuse that I experienced. I have written a few chapters and know that I will finish it soon. I want to help other young women know they are not alone and how to heal from their abuse.

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