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Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.
Though no longer living in silence, I continued to carry pain and memories.
When I felt as though I had reached land, it was like I was on a deserted sandy beach, feeling isolated and afraid to share with anyone the memories that haunted me.
As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.
If someone would have talked in school about safe touch and unsafe touch, I believe I would have spoken up as a child and not been victimized over and over again for years, but that day never came, which is why my mission now is to protect children from the childhood I could not be protected from.
Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later.
I lived through this horror, and no one can tell me I have to stay quiet.
"I have been silenced long enough, and I will not allow that family to silence me again. I will continue to speak out and make sure my voice is heard.
So often parents of abused children feel helpless. When a child falls, and scrapes her knees parents can erase the hurt by kissing it and putting a Band-Aid on it, but not so with the pain of sexual abuse.
