Child Abuse Story From Tawnya

Child Abuse Story From Tawnya

by Tawnya
(Oklahoma, USA)

It was horrible frightening. I was 3 and a half when everything started. I was beaten and battered over and over! I ate dog food! It was like a nightmare to me. As I watched my mom do drugs with people I did not know. I watched my brothers and sisters opening their gifts and blowing out their candles on Christmas and on birthdays. I slept outside with the dogs and cats in my underwear freezing and hoping something and someone would save me from that horrible place I was in! Day in and day out I suffered. My butt was always bleeding. I could never sit down. I hurted so bad!!!! I prayed to god hoping he would do something for me, like a miracle.

My dad never helped me. He would sit there and watch my mom hurt me again and again! I hated when she pulled my hair and dragged me across the house. Why my brothers and sisters watched her and helped her I do not know. My life was a dreadful one to me.

I am 15 years old. I am a freshman living on, and not thinking about the past! My mom is in prison for all the horrible things she did to me. I am a cheerleader and I pray for the kids in this world that are getting abused that you speak up before you life is over! I did and I am glad I did too! Please help the children out there if you know that they are getting abused. Please help them by saying something to a grownup. Nobody, no kid wants to experience that, especially go through it. It is tough! God bless you all.

Darlene Barriere: author. speaker. survivor. coach

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Oct 30, 2009

You showed great courage speaking up...
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Congratulations on moving on with your life, Tawnya. I hope you're now in a safe place. Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me, and for your all-important message.

Darlene Barriere
Webmaster: www.child-abuse-effects.com
author. speaker. survivor. coach
From Victim to Victory, a memoir

Oct 30, 2009

So many crimes committed...
by: Anonymous

Tawnya, I'm sorry for what you were forced to go through. i can relate; my family abused me, too, and no one would ever help me at all. I'm so glad that your so-called mom is in prison now because you did not deserve to be mistreated in any way. I really hope that you're in a safe place now and that you tried counselling. I wish you and (hopefully your adoptive family) all the best. Be brave, Tawnya, and stay strong.

Nov 05, 2009

well....
by: christina

its wonderful that you had the strength to pull urself thus far...i am 23, and at times, i ball up on the couch and i still feel so helpless at 2 yrs old all over again...if i were to see you, id hold you, hug you and let you know that no matter what you did, none of what they did is you fault, God has blessed you by bringing you thru it all, and tho i hate it and i wonder why God could allow children to go thru what they do, its cuz of stories like urs....u have encouraged my day, and you are precious.....

Nov 10, 2009

Always believe in yourself, Be brave, stay strong
by: maurice

Tawnya, we'll never know why you were treated so badly by your mother who was an out and out sicko in her drug taking and her abuse of you. Nothing could excuse the way she treated you. she used you against your brothers and sisters. Why again does a mother particularly treat one child ever so differently that the others whom she has birthed equally. It will remain a mystery to me for the rest of my life. Tawnya you have overcome good on you, like Darlene I too hope you are in a safe place getting on with living your life to the full. Always believe in yourself. Darlene and all her visitors who make comments are fully behind you and really want what is the best for you from now on. Your education will help you so keep it up Tawnya. Hi if you get the chance talk and keep talking to a counsellor. God Bless You Tawnya. God created you wonderful and beautiful. It was not your fault that your beautifulness was abused, So don't blame yourself. Hi begin to really love yourself, respect yourself, value yourself, you are now the most important 15 years old ever birthed. You were born beautiful and again it was not your fault you were born into the situation you found yourself in. Tawnya, live well, laugh alot, love much, Look in that mirror and admire that wonderful and beautiful me in it. Say all the positive adjectives like, I am beautiful, I love who I see in the mirror. especially the parts of me that were abused. Soothe away the lasting memories of what she did to you. erase them from your mind. Let go of them. Hi Tawnya I honestly hope you find on very special person in your life called friend. One that you can trust with your life. above and outside of boy/girl elationships. She/he will be a jewel in your life. we all need a nugget of gold in our lives called friend. I can, I will, I must.

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Tawnya, we'll never know why you were treated so badly by your mother who was an out and out sicko in her drug taking and her abuse of you. Nothing could excuse the way she treated you. she used you against your brothers and sisters. Why again does a mother particularly treat one child ever so differently that the others whom she has birthed equally. It will remain a mystery to me for the rest of my life. Tawnya you have overcome good on you, like Darlene I too hope you are in a safe place getting on with living your life to the full. Always believe in yourself. Darlene and all her visitors who make comments are fully behind you and really want what is the best for you from now on. Your education will help you so keep it up Tawnya. Hi if you get the chance talk and keep talking to a counsellor. God Bless You Tawnya. God created you wonderful and beautiful. It was not your fault that your beautifulness was abused, So don't blame yourself. Hi begin to really love yourself, respect yourself, value yourself, you are now the most important 15 years old ever birthed. You were born beautiful and again it was not your fault you were born into the situation you found yourself in. Tawnya, live well, laugh alot, love much, Look in that mirror and admire that wonderful and beautiful me in it. Say all the positive adjectives like, I am beautiful, I love who I see in the mirror. especially the parts of me that were abused. Soothe away the lasting memories of what she did to you. erase them from your mind. Let go of them. Hi Tawnya I honestly hope you find on very special person in your life called friend. One that you can trust with your life. above and outside of boy/girl elationships. She/he will be a jewel in your life. we all need a nugget of gold in our lives called friend. I can, I will, I must.

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