The Laughing Wolf

A Post Of Courage

The Delightful Ith pointed me to this post, one that brought tears to my eyes and made me want to hug a complete stranger. That young lady has taken an important and critical step in the process of healing and coping, and she has my respect and my pride in her for so doing.

What happened is never easy to deal with, and I say that from my own experience. I was lucky, in that it could have been far worse. I still call it an attempted molestation because he only grabbed me through my clothes, he never got his hand down my pants despite his efforts. It is a lie I tell myself and others, a comforting lie. I know it is such, for that and a couple of other things that happened to me are part of why I minored in psych as an undergraduate, and took the sexuality course (and read a lot on the subject). I know all too well the pitfalls and dangers that can come from any abuse, and continue to give thanks that what happened to me as a child was not worse. I also wish it had not taken 30 plus years to deal with the shame and to tell the truth, so I could begin to truly heal; and, am thankful that this young lady has taken the step she has. Somehow, Blogs seem to help, to make it easier to tell, to deal, to cope. Would that they had existed 30 years ago, but thank Ifni they exist now. Thank the light this young lady did not wait as long as I did, and that she has this tool. It helps, it really does.

LW