once upon a time...

once upon a time there was a little girl who suffered greatly at the hands of her tormentors... but she learned to endure. to breathe. to hold on. to survive. she escaped their grasp at 15 but spent the next twenty five years suffering in the aftermath of the pain. but, at age 40, she was given the gift of new life and freedom, not just physically but mentally as well. no longer did she just survive - she began to live. now, her passion is to see that similar suffering is stopped. that others are rescued and that tragedies are prevented. this is my life. that is what this book will be about.