I feel you need a little background information about me before I divulge more of the private hell I have endured as a child. Let me begin at the age of three. I have always known that I was an unwanted pregnancy, which made me feel like an inconvenience to my parents. As I was born at a stage in their lives when they were able to have more freedom along came me, a late in life baby. They had no time for me,busy with their own lives, leaving me with my sisters to contend with. And also knowing that they (my sisters) themselves didn't want to be bothered, after all they were in High School, and wanted to do what girls their age were doing. Don't get me wrong, I know my sisters loved me, but still I was pushed on them which at times cause great discord. My mother purposely worked nights and slept through the day while my siblings were at school. This gave me a lot of time on my hands, walking the streets waiting for the school kids to get out so I would have someone to play with. I can't even imagine letting one of my children at that age out on their own! But there I was able to wonder wherever I wanted to roam while my mother slept.
I had more freedom in my young life than a child should ever have had! I was lonely, but unable to express it. I remember a house just a block behind mine where an older man lived. After awhile he took notice in the fact that I was always wondering the neighborhood alone, and he finally spoke to me. What a relief, someone was giving me attention, something to do, and I so desperately wanted, no needed some attention. He was a nice man, but after awhile although young, I started to feel that his desire to befriend me was just as much for him as it was for me. Looking back on it now, although I didn't understand the concept at the time, I felt sorry for him. It was as if we were two lost souls looking for acceptance and attention. As we grew closer, talking on the front porch somehow my mother heard of our friendship and stopped me from visiting him. This made me angry because I felt that she didn't have time for me, yet at the same time she didn't want me to have anyone else. She never explained why, just that I was not to go there again...if only she would have been truthful with me maybe what happened to me later in life would never have happened!
I have so much more to share with you, so much more, but I feel this is where I should end for now. I felt you needed this background information about me, as it is important for you to understand why I was such an easy prey...because I was an inconvenience!
It says in the Bible that Mary (who was carrying Jesus) approached Martha and the baby within Martha leaped in her womb. Later we discover that this baby was John the baptist who preached of the coming Messiah (Jesus Christ). I wonder to myself, if that unborn child which Martha was carrying could sense the Messiah ...is it possible that in my mother womb I could sense the rejection and disappointment that my mother felt when she learned of her pregnancy with me?
In this search for my truth in reclaiming my life, did the ultimate betrayal that I kept hidden in my secret place happen because of my desire to be wanted and loved? And if so, did it start at conception? Did I receive a spirit of rejection in my mothers womb that ultimately led to the HELL that awaited me later?
I'm so proud of you and your courage...I wish you the best on your journey and am proud to walk with you...
ReplyDelete@chroniccosmic1 Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I feel truly blessed that you would want to walk this journey with me. I am praying that many will travel with me as I begin to reclaim my life. Not because I want many followers, but because as I begin to be set free others will be set free as well. God Bless you!
ReplyDeleteI found your link thanks to one of your wonderful daughters, Jessica, whom I went to High School with. I wish you the best of luck in your journey and I am hopeful that it will be a fulfilling one for not only yourself but those of you who are following your blog. I will be praying for you and your family.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to find my blog and I thank you for your prayers. This journey isn't going to be easy, some think I shouldn't reveal such intimate details. However how can one move forward if you can't acknowledge your truth. These blogs will become much worse as I chronicle my journey. My hope is as I reclaim my life I will help others reclaim theirs. God Bless you.
Hang int there, Debbie... It's a long journey to wholeness. But, it's the best thing you can do for yourself and for those you love!!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement. It's been along time coming but I feel God has placed me on a mission. Some think I'm crazy for telling these things but God says "go forth I am with you" so forward I shall go. It's not going to be pretty as I go deeper, but I have to own it to be healed and to help others...which is my ultimate goal.
Debbie, I admire your courage. Your story sounds like mine, including our failed marriages. I'm remaining anomymous because I also suffered abuse for years and was too young to comprehend it and only knew that it was a secret that I couldn't EVER tell. It wasn't until years later after suffering from divorce and a mental breakdown from complete hopelessness that I landed in intense group therapy where I heard other women's stories to be similar. It was not until then that I realized the abuse had shaped my entire way of thinking and relating to others. Almost immediately I sought out my abuser and brought it out in the open. I found out that he was also suffering from the memories of the past and we were able to make peace. That is why I am remaining anonymous and actually protecting that person because he is now forgiven. No one really needs to know who it was at this point. I am grateful for coming to realize how abuse had caused me so much dysfunction in my life. Secrets can be so destructive. I am so thankful that I had a Christian upbringing and have the heavenly Father to rescue me.
ReplyDeleteWow im going to be anonymous too...but your story is similar to mine.My abuse as a young child that went through teenage years has really took control of my life.I have anxiety,ocd that I think relates to the abuse.I take med and in therapy. I also have alot of anger because at times I hate sex and I feel if I wasn't a victim of abuse things would be different...I also forgave and still love my abuser but will never forget all the difficulties and how badly it has affected my life.
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DeleteI respect your need to keep your abuser a secret for if one has truly forgiven, there is no need to expose someone who is already under the blood of Jesus. You are so right about sexual abuse causing life to become dysfunctional and how secrets can be destructive.Several of my abusers are no longer living so there is no need for me to approach them. But keeping this secret to myself has caused me pain for many years and it's time for that pain to end. That's why I am reclaiming my life. I too am a Christian and if it were not for for my Savior Jesus Christ I would be a complete mess. That's why I am impelled to expose this terrible truth for what it truly tries to do, which is to keep us a prisoner. And Jesus has set this captive free! Won't you follow me as I expose the deceiver (satan) for the liar he truly is and how he tries to keep us victims captive. Thank you for sharing your story as I know it will help others in their journey towards freedom. Gob Bless.
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ReplyDeleteI understand your feeling of anger, I to have gone through repeat performances of abuse in my mind that leads to anger. I think that your steps of forgiveness is commendable not only for the abuser but mainly for your healing. Issues of abuse can manifest it's self through many avenues. My prayer is that one day you will come to the realization that the pure love of Jesus is what will get you through this. I thank you for sharing your story with me.I have walked this path alone for way too long, I hope you continue to walk it with me and maybe we, through the love of Jesus Christ can eventually come through VICTORIOUS. God Bless you and keep you in His loving arms.