While my sister and I were reminded we did not cause this pain, it was knowing that because we broke our silence about what had been done to us, our parents were hurting. That knowledge was hard on us.
Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
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