Some people judge books by their cover; many times they judge people the same way. People like me know that, so we carefully design our covers instead of letting our cover be who we really are on the inside. My parents divorced when I was four years old. I lived with my mom on the weekdays and with my biological father on the weekends. I know a lot of kids have that split life too and like them, my parent’s divorce was the 1st change in shaping my story differently.
My mother remarried when I was 5 years old to a man everyone thought was great from outward appearances, but in reality he was actually terrible. I started being abused by my step-father when I was five and a half years old and it lasted until I was seven years old. …show more content…
I grew up and learned more about what happened when I was so young. I learned forgiveness and I’m working on reconciliation. I talk to my biological mother now. She is 3 years sober and on her medication and doing so well! I could not be more proud of her and how well my mother is doing! I am in contact with all of my biological family from both my mother and my father’s side. I don’t know what happened to my stepfather, nor do I dwell on that as much. My present and my future are my focus now. Can you judge me by my cover? I hope some of it you can. I hope I have grown stronger and more compassionate so others can see that in me. But, I also know that I am still not ready to unveil the other side of my cover – the hidden story. My cover is important to me. I still don’t want to be judged by it.
Everyone has a story, a heartbreak, and something they do not share. We all have a “paper cover” over the hardback front of our story. One day I hope I will be able to take off my paper cover and be proud of my story. I know two adults who were foster kids and are now millionaires and leading a change for the foster care system. I want to be that type of inspiration too. I want to be proud of how I took my past and shaped myself to be a person that can positively change others lives too in the
My mother remarried when I was 5 years old to a man everyone thought was great from outward appearances, but in reality he was actually terrible. I started being abused by my step-father when I was five and a half years old and it lasted until I was seven years old. …show more content…
I grew up and learned more about what happened when I was so young. I learned forgiveness and I’m working on reconciliation. I talk to my biological mother now. She is 3 years sober and on her medication and doing so well! I could not be more proud of her and how well my mother is doing! I am in contact with all of my biological family from both my mother and my father’s side. I don’t know what happened to my stepfather, nor do I dwell on that as much. My present and my future are my focus now. Can you judge me by my cover? I hope some of it you can. I hope I have grown stronger and more compassionate so others can see that in me. But, I also know that I am still not ready to unveil the other side of my cover – the hidden story. My cover is important to me. I still don’t want to be judged by it.
Everyone has a story, a heartbreak, and something they do not share. We all have a “paper cover” over the hardback front of our story. One day I hope I will be able to take off my paper cover and be proud of my story. I know two adults who were foster kids and are now millionaires and leading a change for the foster care system. I want to be that type of inspiration too. I want to be proud of how I took my past and shaped myself to be a person that can positively change others lives too in the