Breaking the Silence
This is a hard thing for me to do. But, I have felt for a while now that it is something I need to do. Please know that by my sharing, I am not looking for anyone's pity or sympathy. I am also in no way saying that what happened to me is as terrible as what is happening to the millions of people that have been or are currently in human trafficking situations. My only hope is to try to bring light to a subject that is finally getting a lot of attention -- to try to help people better understand how they advocate for, and protect their children. ALL children. It is up to us to GET LOUD for them today. And this is my small way of trying to do so. I hope that by sharing this, that my experience will begin to be used to bless others, rather than continue to hurt me as it has for so many years. -- I was 13 years old. Basically the only social media platforms that really existed were Facebook and MySpace. Facebook was just beginning to get popular so MySpace started los...