A Survivor’s Prayer

A Survivor’s Prayer

Father, I humbly ask your forgiveness, for all the times I doubted you, for all the times I failed to exercise trust, for all the times I was ungrateful and blind to favor overlooking mercy and grace, please forgive me. 🙏🏾   Father, I am significantly flawed, you know...
I’ll Be Damned!

I’ll Be Damned!

I’ll Be Damned! When you have spent 35 years believing that you’re not good enough, you’re damaged, broken and unlovable, changing that mindset can prove rather challenging. Impatience and frustration sets in, one day I’m up and my mood reflects what...
Triggered

Triggered

A few days ago I received a call from a man from the community I grew up in, he apparently was only just hearing about my story, so he called, and in an attempt to fully grasp what happened because he knows my family well, he proceeded to ask very specific detail...
Hooded Sweatshirt & Sweatpants.

Hooded Sweatshirt & Sweatpants.

“Yup, she’s depressed and going through one of her moods!” My favorite outfit to wear – boots, hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants. I wear them when I lounge, I wear them out, I would wear them everywhere if allowed, but I know that’s not...
Unapologetic – (repost)

Unapologetic – (repost)

These pictures represent a turning point in my life, age 5 (I was first molested) Age 11 (I was first raped… What do you see in this child’s eyes?   I lost my innocence to a cousin on a bedroom floor, raped repeatedly for years by my grandmothers husband...
CONVERSATION WITH ME…

CONVERSATION WITH ME…

I was awakened this morning by the younger me, forcibly asking me questions, while screaming Help! Help! HELP ME PLEASE!  She asked, what happened to You? What happened to Me? What happened to that bright-eyed, vivacious, precocious child We use to be?! Remember how...