By Sarah Foss My Daughter is Almost the Age I Was When My Grandfather First Molested Me
Trigger Warning: Child Abuse My daughter is swinging, head tilted up to the sky, pondering the shape of the cloud—is…
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By Her View From Home 5 Crucial Words Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Hear: It is Not Your Fault
I am currently in my late 30s. When I was five or six, I was molested by a family member…
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By Jasmine Davis I Don’t Want My Daughters To Share These Scars of Abuse
Trigger warning: This post discusses domestic violence Long after my husband fell asleep, I lay in bed crying as quietly…
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Abuse is Hard; Speaking Up is Even Harder
**Trigger Warning: Discusses Childhood Sexual Abuse** More often than not, when people learn I grew up in a large family,…
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By Randi Latzman Surviving the Emotional Abuse of My Narcissistic Mother Made Me Stronger
Trigger Warning: Abuse This post is incredibly hard to write because I am sharing something private and very painful. This…
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By Tanner Hall My Mom Beat Breast Cancer and She’s the Strongest Woman I Know
I remember the day my mom told me she had breast cancer. Actually, I remember having a bit of intuition…
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By Kristen Gardiner The Sobering Reason I Always Lock My Door
I closed my front door after picking up a package and locked it. I always lock my door. It's a…
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I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter
Editor's Note: This post discusses sexual abuse I am the mom. I am the mom who thought she could keep…
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Rising Up From the Abuse I Endured At the Hands Of My Father
The room was cold and dreary. The attorney sitting across from me at his fancy, nicked desk made sure I…
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10 Things You Should Know about Survivor Abuse
There is an old Native American saying that goes like this, “Don’t judge a man until you have walked two…
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By Jennifer Smith September 12, 2009 – I was victimized and forever changed.
Everybody has something dark in their past which has changed them. Every person has something they don't like talking about…
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By Rebecca Wells March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Almost exactly a year ago at age 43, I was told the words “I’m afraid you have colorectal cancer.” It…
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