My Absolution

"The force stung my face and pushed me back into a dresser. As my pregnant body slid down to the floor, he scolded me about questioning him. I was thirteen years old, six months pregnant and was just hit by the twenty-year-old father of my baby."

We all have stories. Telling mine seems like I'm talking about multiple people's lives, but it is just one life with many layers. This is an autobiography of my life and the continuous spiritual, emotional, and physical battles I have endured. In reading this story, I can only hope that women of all ages can identify with my battles and find the hope to overcome them. To this present day, I am still a work in progress with the help of no other than Jesus Christ, but I am no longer ashamed of my past and will not let it hold me back from sharing my story. I pray that it will help other women gain the courage to move forward as well.