Photo’s in my book have text to it saying ‘suddenly you don’t want to be photographed anymore’. In every picture I either act a monster or try my 6 year old version of a seductive woman.
I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. I’m going to ask you to share this post. Reblog it, share it on Facebook, tweet it. Someone out there needs to hear this message today. Even if you think you don’t know anyone who has been abused. Even if you don’t read the entire post.
About a month ago I was asked by Dawn at WTF words, thoughts, feelings to contribute an essay for an anthology that she and Joyelle are creating for parents who are survivors of childhood sexual and physical abuse (learn more at https://www.facebook.com/TriggerPointsAnthology).
I submitted my essay but I also want to shine a bigger spotlight on this project because I fear that they may not get many submissions. Not because it’s not a worthy cause or because there aren’t enough people out there to contribute but because survivors of abuse are secret…
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Thank you for reblogging and thank you for being so brave on your journey!
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Welcome for the reblogging. Thank you for getting this message out here. Your post made me realise that I should take what happened seriously.
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