The continuing story of when I was raped.
Month: October 2015
Date Rape Experience, Part: 3 No Longer a Slave to Fear
(Song: No Longer Slaves to Fear https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TkUMJtK5k ) The song, “No Longer Slaves to Fear,” deeply resonates within my spirit. Somehow I feel as though I’ve heard it again for the first time during the time I began this wild, free-flowing writing endeavor. Since I’ve started sharing my story of date rape, many women have…
Date Rape Odyssey, part 2
Years ago, as I mentioned in part 1, I felt my body betrayed me. I have a curvy, athletic yet petite frame. In many ways, I had a body women frequently wished they had. But as I said in my first post, be careful what you wish for. My figure often attracted attention I didn’t…
Swimming in the Sea of What-Ifs
You swim against the current, grasping for air as you turn your head to scan the horizon. Dizzy and out of breath, you feel the ebb and flow of the water spraying against your limbs. You’ve summersaulted your way into oblivion many times before, spiraling against the current, knowing not when the tides of life…
Raw. Real. Reflections. 