when i was younger (about 10) i had stayed at my great grandmothers house a lot she would baby sit me and i decided to take walks and explore the neighborhood (close to her house) i met a boy, (won’t say his name) who later wanted to “date” me he was 12-13 at the time i didn’t understand what it was but i said yes. he made me do questionable things sometimes like kissing him i didn’t ever understand but he said it made him feel better one day i asked my great grandma if i could go over to his house which she said yeah but he took me to his dads room and told me to take off my clothes and yknow the rest but he said it was because it would help him. i didn’t know it was bad at the time or know what it was but i’ve never told anyone to this day.

When I was about 10 my mom went to work and I was home with my siblings and stepdad my mom had 2 kids with him and he lived with us since I was 7 well one day I was in the room doing something and he hugged me I felt really uncomfortable the next day he started doing things to me it was almost every day every time my mom would leave he would try to come into my room so I would put a chair on my door so he wouldn’t get in it was scary and he always found a way to guilt trip me I didn’t know right from wrong I told him I was gonna tell my mom and he said nobody would believe and that he loved my mom 3 years later I told my mom because I didn’t start my period and she wanted to know why and then she asked if anyone did anything to me and I told her yes that it was my stepdad she cried sm she got mad at him he left for a while and he came back I stayed with my grandma for a while and moved back with her it’s the fact that my mom stayed with him knowing he SA me I was so young for that to happen to me I bring it up to her once In a while and she gets mad at me I don’t understand how somone could do this to their child but now I’m more grown and I still carry these thought with me but I’m better now and I have people who love and care for me

• June 17, 2023