Part VI/Conclusion: Putting the pieces together Read also Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V By Julie . . . Over the years my life changed many times and in many ways. I was married and, though divorced, was blessed to have a daughter. I decided not to have her baptized. I think I was getting back at God, for…
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Part V: A twist in the road Read also Part I Part II Part III Part IV By Julie . . . My story now takes an unforeseen turn through a few events I couldn’t imagine would get me to where I have ended up. I wrote this note on my Facebook page after Derek Chauvin was pronounced guilty for the…
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Part IV: Out of the past and into the light Read also Part I Part II Part III By Julie . . . One time, when my father’s assault on me was especially brutal and painful, I stared out the window looking at the street light outside. In my mind, my body went to the light. I remember the pain…
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Part III: It’s all up to me See also Part I Part II By Julie . . . I found solace in the times when my father was gone and in jail. My focus turned to my mother, for whom my heart broke time after time when he was taken away. Though he was convicted several times, he was…
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Part II: Flashback to the horror years See also Part I By Julie . . . The path of my life was set before I was born. My mother married a convicted rapist who was either unable or unwilling to stop his behavior. For the first twelve years of my life, all I knew was physical, sexual, and emotional abuse;…
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Part I: Two tortured childhoods By Julie . . . I’ve learned that our stories affect many. And we are affected by the stories of many others. The registry did not exist when I was sexually abused by my father for the first 12 years of my life. When my mother married my father, he had already been in prison…
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By a daughter seeking kindness See also Part I See also Part II Part III — What will the future be? Dad is still going through the court system. They want him to take a plea, but he will not. He is not going to be intimated to…
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By a daughter seeking kindness Also see Part I “How it started” Part II – What it is now Page forward to March 2019. My dad had a new accusation against him and immediately was placed in handcuffs at age 71 while eating dinner. He was taken away without shoes and without his medications…
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By a daughter seeking kindness Part I: How it started If you have a parent or sibling convicted of a crime that requires them to have their name with personal information listed on a sex offense registry, you at some point will almost certainly be in danger or shamed beyond comprehension. I have suffered silently from shame for 37 years,…
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Names have been changed to protect the innocent. By Sandy . . . “My son would call me several times every day, and now we’re cut off from all communications.” Matt’s voice choked up even more before he continued. “He is devastated. I am devastated.” Matt and his son, like a great many others in Mississippi, are victims of recently…
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