Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone... I hope i get better at followin up with everyone in the new year. Truth is I have been having and extremely hard time since i saw you last. After being able to open up with you guys then coming back to having no one to talk to and losing contact with all of you, well it just all sent me into a very dark place. I finally went back to church last week after not being there since the beginning of Oct. Very unlike me...In the last 15 years I have maybe missed 5 times. I am seeing a therapist and I think its helping but again, she wasn't abused.

Not sure why we all backed off but I hope to see EVERYONE here in the new year. I hope we could get together too...

Merry Christmas and Happy New year

Shan

Semester is finally over!

Hi everyone. I know it seems that I have dropped off the face of the planet. I got really swamped towards the end of the semester. It is over now and I am in Ga for Christmas. I was able to tell my brother about my abuse today. That was a hard conversation since we haven't been speaking since last summer. He was nicer about it than I expected. I am working on starting a support network for abuse survivors on campus. If it really reaches women and helps them I would like to start similar networks on campuses all around the country. I think it has potential not only to help women connect and feel less isolated by their abuse, but also act as an evangelism tool. Young women who would never go to church because of what happened and the shame they feel might come to a support network. I am not sure it this is a viable idea, but I need to do something. I feel like we have been silent too long, both as a society and as the body of Christ. Please pray for me this week. We always go to my Grandmother's house for Christmas Eve. This will be my first Christmas in that house since I told anyone about what happened. I know my abuser will not be there, because he is in jail, but it will still be difficult to be there. I hope you all have a great Christmas. Perhaps we can plan a reunion for early in the new year.