[HTML1] What can you give to one small girl?
A diamond ring, a baton to twirl?
A pretty pink dress with lots of bows, or dainty sandals that show her toes.
A walk in the woods, a romp in the park, a shopping trip from dusk till dark? A shine new bike, a kitten for a pet?
No, there’s still time for such things, yet…
Time with healthy, loving parents give her a gift she’ll never forget
1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will experience some form of sexual abuse in the United States. That is a higher number than will deal with AIDS, cancer or war trauma. The resulting scars on the the citizens of our country is yet to be acknowledged.
Jeanne McElvaney’s book, Spirit Unbroken, Abby’s Story, gives readers an insight in to a young girl’s sexual abuse.
From Jeanne’s Journal:
All Memories Are Not The Same…
An ordinary memory sits like a photograph in a family album. It’s always available to visit by thumbing through the book. A trauma memory is not pasted in the photo album. Like getting lost in the attics of our mind, it goes to the unconscious. Dissociation happens when a trauma memory becomes a photo ripped into pieces and scattered across the attic floor.
Review of the Book,
I like, so many others was taken back to my childhood in the first chapter. I too could not put the story down. Abbey was with me all the time. My personality is a lot like Abbey’s to always do good. My dad was abusive and I could feel the tension all over again. I highly recommend to everyone! Good write and thank you!
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