Cassandra Jeffrey

“The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Father-Daughter Incest

“Sometimes you get so tired of each day, you wish it was over. But it just goes on and on, like the silent prayers that forever go unanswered." - excerpt from: freefalling”
― Darlenne Susan Girard, freefalling

“If you have survived an abuser, and you tried to make things right… If you forgave, and you struggled, and even if the expression of your grief and your anger tumbled out at times in too much rage and too many words… If you spent years hanging on to the concepts of faith, hope, and love, even after you knew in your heart that those intangibles, upon which life is formed and sustained, would fail in the end… And especially, if you stood between your children - or anyone - and him, and took the physical, emotional, and spiritual pummeling in their stead, then you are a hero.”
― Jenna Brooks

“All you care about is the control and power you have over me and I hate myself for giving that to you!”
― Lydia Kelly, Screaming in the Silence