Trigger Warning: the following post contains content about child sexual abuse.
In this post I would like to speak out about something deeper and darker than rainy days and loving moments.
Something quite awful, in fact. A harsh, heart-stabbing reality that plagues our society every day, whether we choose to see it or not. That reality is child sexual abuse.
The thing is, our general perception of an attack of this nature goes something like this …
You’re at the beach, the park, or a crowded event and your child slips away from you, either for a small moment or a more substantial amount of time. While you panic and search, you imagine a man. A shadowy figure with an even-more shadowy agenda, approaching your lost, vulnerable child.
You picture him taking your child away, or attacking them there and then. Doing unspeakable things, and giving no mercy. Scarring your innocent little person… Read the rest