The men in my life was supposed to protect and love me, instead my father Jacob who was an alcholic and drug user begain abusing me at an early age. And once he was gone, my mother boyfriend Brent begain abusing me as well.
Hello Michelle...I admire you courage in sharing what you have suffered....May God bless all of your efforts to help others....
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10/5/2008
Dear Michelle,
Welcome to a wonderful place -Authors Den-where I am quite new myself. I have been welcomed with wonderful reviews, by the kind people here. Most are as you and I-some are established in their works-but each one is non-judgmental. You book will help many in the same situations and I am sure releasing the feelings into this book will help you as well. My son, Eli was sexually abused-he has Downs and autism-and he was unable to speak of it-as he has no speech. Sexual child abuse has been on earth many moons-and will continue. Maybe books such as yours will help them deal better.
Welcome, CarolHawks
TRUE STORY. Bella survived an abusive powerbroker father with organized crime ties, a drug-addicted mother and a physically/sexually abusive brother. Shocking & inspirational. When she couldn't cry, she tattooed a crying angel to cry for her.
She never felt safe at home as a young girl, and didn't understand why when she finally escaped she wasn't safe in the big wide world either ...effectively jumping out of the frying pan into the fire!
This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w