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Child Abuse Story From Mary1

by Mary
(USA)

My story all started when I was a little girl, maybe 4 years of age. It all started because my mom was cheating on my dad with a man. He used drugs and so trouble began already. My dad knew it, and he got in a fight with that man, and then got sent to jail. My dad himself was a troublemaker. He was a striper, for god's sakes, and an almost pro boxer/kick boxer. I guess my dad said he didn’t care any more, so he left me and my older sis and my 2 older brothers there with her.

Now she was with this MAN, and she ended up cheating on HIM with his brother, and HE got mad and all I remember is most of the time from there on, HE was home, always smoking a drug. I don't know which one, all I know is HE used a pipe. He would close the hallway door and keep my 2 older brothers out in the living room with HIM. He taught them to do drugs. They were 12 and 10, and were already used to a bad life.

My mom ended up having a baby girl, my half sis. He never hit her, but if we wanted to go to get wet at my babysitter's house he didn't let us. But she said for us to do it, so we did. When we got home he was really mad. He sent me to a room and my 2 older brothers in another where he beat them. Then came to me. He talked to me, and then I remember a foot go to my chest, and me flying to the wall out of breath, trying to not cry and trying to breathe quietly so he wouldn’t hurt me more. He smacked me and slammed the door shut. I cried as softly as I could, but that only made it harder to gain my breath back from the kick.

My mom would get home and we'd end up in the hallway, making sure my mom was okay because he always got mad and broke things. He tried to kill my mom after they were done doing drugs in the living room. We rushed out to help her, glass all over the floor, him holding my mom with a knife in his hand. Every time we got hold of the phone, he'd toss her and grab a bat. I'd hide me and everyone else, hoping that the police would find him there in that little apartment. They never did. When they left we all were scared cuz he had already disappeared.

We'd go to bed scared, trying to lock everything. But me, I slept next to a window and a door so I'd feel if he were watching me from the patio. I'd cry myself to sleep. Sometimes I'd be sick and she'd take care of me, but this breathing thing next to my bed, it helped me breathe and I'd feel better. Next day everything would be back to normal, but not all the way.

Now my brothers were at an age of curiousness and so I was their toy. First time they looked, then they touched and then they raped me. I never told anyone till this day cuz I believe they didn’t know well enough.

I used to spend most of my time at my lovely babysitter's because I felt somewhat safe. We got really close to one another. We only talked about what happened once. HE came to her house looking for me. She said I wasn't there and so he left. She had me hide in the house till he was gone and wait for 10 minutes till it was safe to come out. I felt somewhat safe cuz he wasn't there because other than that her son would rape me.

One day she walked in and my pants were down and I was pulling them up. But I didn't cry cuz I thought that was normal cuz my brothers did it to me and now him. He hid in the bathroom. She thought I was taking off my clothing and so she got mad at me. I said nothing.

Note from Darlene: Due to the heavy volume of traffic and submissions to this site, I have been unable to fully edit this post. From here down is content as submitted by Mary, unedited by me.

and once after a longtime she moved to a new home and a niece came to live with her and once he brought a stray dog home ugly and mean it almost bit me so she got made and wet the dog so it could leave he said no and almost hit her we ran in and closed all doors and windows she called the police we waited in the bathroom once we closed all the windows and doors but we could still hear him trying to get in the house the police came and took him to jail after that I never stayed with her my mom would come and get me I would be sad then happy just to see my brothers and lil sis doing so well we'd play around and me I was a sensitive kid so they'd flick a dime at my face it would hit it and I’d cry they'd laugh and find it funny the lady would tell my mom if she had money for her but she would say no and the lady would say okay and that she'd love to have me any time cuz I was such a good help and a great company when we got home THE MAN would do the same thing and we'd sleep on it he'd calm down fall asleep and my mom would wake me up when he was home and asleep and we'd try to leave and I guess my mom found a guy and started to date him it made it worst cuz now HE'd be more made but this GUY would try to help us escape it didn’t work we'd be going from motel to motel but HE would always be searching for us everywhere she'd talk me to my grandma on my dads side and everyone else idk from my grandmas I went to my uncles from there with my dad and back home my older sis was also a hero cuz she took care of me (even though I didn’t now were she was half of the time)I remember once I had a real bad tooth ace cuz all I ate was candy and apples when I was home everywhere else I ate junk as close as id get to food my older sis called my mom like always she was at "work" so she took me to the dentist she caught my mom with drugs once took the bag and called my grandma on my moms side(during everything else no one took me to school so now im behind one grade after when I went with my grandma she took me to school) they hade enough evidence they took all 5 kids away from my mom and called my dad and told him we'd be with my grandma safe and sound now witch parent would change for us and get us back my mom never showed up 2 court and took a mommy and me class so wed go but shed talk drug test and shed be clean I really thought my mom wanted us wanted me but she never got a ride to court and she stop going to the classes my dad met an ANGEL and he changed she helped him change he did everything he needed to during that time my grandma saw a girl on my brother and yelled at him and slapped him and me she used to pull my hair cuz I didn’t like to get my hair done and so we decided to move with my dad everyone except my older sis I think she chose the right decision cuz my brothers ran away and when they use to live here they always told me thing I was ugly and many more one of my brothers ran away and came back pail white I thought that was okay so when my dad was holding him down and my step mom was calling the hospital and cops I ran down stairs and told them to stop my step mom slapped me on my face ever since I moved with my dad no one ever hit me at all except 4 that once now my 2 brothers are gone they never changed there ways my dad and my step mom tried everything nothing worked at all one of my brothers 19 he’s bin gone the longest and the others 17 he’s bin gone for a while but not as long as my brother that is 19 today 6/28 in this house all I see is bad memories 1 of my stepsisters gave me a tattoo and no one believed me that she did it my dad and step mom cut it off now I have a scar my step mom had a baby and the other day her 2 daughters fought for her graved her in a harsh way so now a gain social workers are coming but before my baby half sis was born them 2 always got into fights fist fights bad one the cops always came and always come I don’t want to live with my dad any more I never see any of my family cuz my dad says there a bad influence and they don’t like my step mom 2 and my mom never comes around my lil sisters will do fine cuz I believe in them and I know they will and hopefully everything turns out well im 13 and I went threw all this all my life think its time for it to stop but at school for the people that don’t know my story they think im mature for my age in my head I say its cuz the past made me who I am and also things that happen now

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Child Abuse Story From Mary1

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Jul 20, 2008
Awful
by: Anonymous

I'm so so SO sorry all these terrible things happened to you. I'll pray for you and all the other children who were abused. Stay strong and know that our Lord Jesus Christ loves you.

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