She did not survive. I did.

By Maria

I was raped by my uncle when I was 14 years old. He abused my Aunt for years. She was left with an alcohol addiction that killed her last year. Their son was recently arrested for domestic violence for the first time.

She did not survive but I did. I survive every day. I survive with mental illness, with insecurity, with loneliness, with pain. I fight for my own survival and for every other woman fighting to survive.

We are all survivors and we are not alone.