Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From Heather W

by Heather W
(Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA)

Growing up I was the momma around my house. I tried so hard to keep my sisters safe from all the guys my mom would bring in to the house. I was hit in the face, beat down, raped, molested and put in a tub full of ice water from the time I was 4 years old till I turned 16.

In order to survive this torment, I had to learn survival skills. Sometimes I had to lay there and act like it didn't hurt until he was finished. Sometimes I had to act like I was already almost dead before he would stop, or I would say you can do it again tomorrow if you let me go now.

A few months after I turned 16, my sisters told me that my stepfather had been touching them the night after we listened to my little brother get beat against the wall in the bathroom. At this point, I said it was enough. I told myself and my sisters that we couldn't let it keep going on. We had to tell someone.

So the next day, I went to school and told one of my counsellors about what had been going on. That afternoon we were taken from our mother and put in State custody. For a while we were all together, until I got kicked out of my aunt's house because she didn't like me.

I now live in a foster home with a new mom and dad that care about me and get me everything I need whenever I need it. This is the best place for me. I have survived this life of torment like I hope a lot of other people learn how to survive.

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