Child Abuse Story From Simply Surviving
by Jay W
6 years ... That's all it took to damage and scar a little girl for the rest of her life...i am a survior of sexual assault and sexual abuse. i was molested by my uncle for 6 years as a child. everything innocent and pure was robbed from me at the age of 4 and continued till i was 10. this is our family secret... i was treated like a grain of sand, the situation was never resolved, no punishment for the "man" who did this to me... it was simply "swept under the rug" ...my WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY KNEW AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER THAT IT HAD HAPPENED, my mother,my father, my grandparents and even close family friends..and nothing was ever done about it. I was expected to "deal" with it.. and to be honest for many years i "thought" i was okay, i thought i had made peace with it, i thought i could live my life like a normal person. and for many years i put a smile on my face and pretended that i was strong enough to forget it happened. i met my husband, fell in love and he made a promise that he would love me no matter what. and to this day he has kept that promise. we found out 6 months after being married that we were going to have our beautiful daughter...it was when i held my beautiful daughter for the first time 2 years ago that i came to realize that i was definitely NOT okay. i looked at her precious face and knew that i would do anything to protect her. i have lived with this secret for many years and i will always be haunted by what happened to me... but justice will be served. this family secret was just that, a secret for many years... but im done being quiet, im done pretending it didnt happen. i know ive hit rock bottom on more than one occasion, ive done my fair share of wrongs, ive cried myself to sleep and i know at times i will crumble... but know this... I HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE, A WRONG THAT MUST BE MADE RIGHT, AND I WILL STEP ON ANYONE'S TOES TO MAKE SURE I AM HEARD!!!!!!!! i am not a victim ... i am a survivor.. so please do not feel sorry for me. the point im getting to is just this.... when given the chance to right your wrong... i strongly suggest you do so in a timely manner. at least then you have some say in the outcome!  Note from Darlene: If I have not left a comment on your story, please understand that it is not personal; it's just that my hectic schedule no longer permits me to do so.I hope you'll follow me on:  Email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses AND website/blog URLs in submissions and visitor comments are STRICTLY prohibited. Please don't include them, as they will be removed.
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