Overcoming Child Abuse With Love

by Maurice
(Eire/Ireland)

Here I am again. Darlene's site has opened my eyes further to the wrongfulness of abuse in children/teenagers/adolescents. My abuse was bad, and though I am sharing it with you all, visitors to Darlene's site thinking about and reading your stories, I feel very wholesome in myself. Adding my comments to some of your real life stories humbles me as I regard my form of abuse very mild.

Abuse in any form is totally wrong, and even though I regard mine as mild, I am not comparing. Because what happened to you is all that matters and how we care/love each other and affirm each other is the blessing and the gift of real LOVE shared.

Yet, the effects of my beatings on the bare bottom linger on even at 62 years of age. The great thing for me is that I have friends, I have Darlene's site now for me to think positive, act positive and be positive in my letting go of all those 7/8 years I was humiliated/embarrassed, sore, bruised mentally and physically because of the severe whack on my tenderness.

Thank you for being there for me, admittedly anonymously, but I know you're a human being of flesh and bones like myself having been affected by abuse.

Help me and let us help each other to be healing/loving hearts to and for each other in the silence and privacy of our space and room. Always believe in yourself. Hi have a healthy mind in a healthy body, be active be alive with great and wonderful companions on your journey. I've journeyed with homeless people for the past number of years, and their wonderfulness of being humbles me and helps me to LOVE.

See other articles from Maurice and his child abuse story at:

• Child Abuse and How to Understand the Abuser
  
• Child Abuse Can Never be Right
  
• Child Abuse Story From Maurice

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