K. V.

I'll try and keep it short. When I was a child I was sexually abused by three guys my father, a neighbor, and a cousin's husband. When it came out about my father I was about 12 or so. My mom said she thinks the abuse started much younger than what I remember from the age of eight. There was an article in the local paper about him getting arrested. I got picked on the rest of the school year. I never told anyone about the neighbor or cousin's husband until I was an adult. 

For many years I thought there was something wrong with me and I tried to commit suicide. My brother blamed me for him not having a father in his life anymore. When my father was asked why he did it his reasoning was because he was abused as a child. I wasn't going to let that be my back story. I can't understand how anyone could justify doing that because that's how they were raised. I wanted to be better than that. I fell in love had two beautiful children and got married. I had to prove that I was someone and someone could love be. Thirty three years later we are still together and have been married thirty years. Life knocks you down get up dust yourself off and keep moving. Put your past behind you. It can be easier said then done but I'm proof it can be done.