Sadly in this world a stigma exists which is to me a kind of fear mixed with superstition – a wanting to hold the stigmatized person at arms-length or even ostracize them for fear of having whatever “tainted them” rub off on you. Rape victims have often been treated this way. Sexual assault is a […]
On June 24, 2015 I was raped by the one person that was never supposed to hurt me — my husband. At his hands, I suffered a long history of domestic violence, unwanted sexual encounters, attempted murder and a miscarriage. I hadn’t had sex with my husband since the end of April because he […]
It was one of the darkest periods of my life – I was going through turmoil with my parents, a bad split with the father of my two sons, betrayed by friends, and ended up on the streets, on a waiting list for a homeless shelter. I had nothing and nobody left. I prayed for […]