Dear Favorite Teacher, You were my favorite. The way you took extra time to make sure we got it. Always pushing us beyond the textbook. You lived and breathed learning and I soon found myself infected. I really thought you cared. Believed even. Did you know you were the first to find the Cinderella in me? To tell me point-blank… Read More

Dear Sister, Not a day goes by where I don’t think about what happened and all that came from it. Even though it is much easier to live with and what’s done is done, I still can’t help but wonder what if? I know for whatever reason God let that happen and for whatever reason that is the way things… Read More

Dear Bible Study Leader, I was so excited when you asked me to be part of the Bible Study you were leading. I was even more excited when my husband encouraged me to join, saying he’d help with our kids so I could be there each week. I wish I’d known then what I know now. I wish I had… Read More

Dear Teacher, When we first met in the third grade, I had no idea how our meeting would impact the rest of my life. I’m not sure you did either. There I was, in a small classroom with kids I had known since we were born. There I was, a small child, suffering through the evilness of sexual abuse during… Read More

Dear Grief, Yes, You, Grief! You have taken my life, stolen my joy and painted me a picture of black! You have sucked every ounce of breath from my being, taken every hobby and made it a chore. The ability I used to have to manage my life is gone. You are a thief! My camera sits unused, my blog unwritten… Read More

Dear Church Member, I trusted you! When I was seven I put my trust in you, as an adult, and it made me angry that you took advantage of that trust and sexually abused me.  For 20 years I believed it was my fault and those are years that I can never get back.  You took away my innocence.  You… Read More