Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap on the wrist. I learned at a young age that if I was ever going to see justice for the wrongs done to me, I had to find it myself.
Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
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