I am a wordsmith, a writer, poet, blogger, but I also want to become known as a Public Speaker. I think about things, and I certainly feel the things I think, and the thoughts and ideas I have are worth sharing.
I have recently begun attending meetings at the closest Zonta group to me, and I am extremely interested in working with that very worthy group to assist women who have suffered sexual abuse, through the healing use of creative writing.
I have a blog, which is related to this issue, sexual abuse, especially the sexual abuse of children. Recently I have posted a heartfelt poem, dealing with the necessity of being able to speak out, by the victims of sexual abuse. This blog is named after my first poetry collection “damaged children, Precious Gems”, in which I look at my linear journey from a victim of sexual abuse as a child, to being a survivor of that abuse, and in fact a person who has gone through that painful time and is now thriving.
This is where you can see this poem, and read a little more about this. Being able to tell our own stories is so very important to us, we victims. Because of course none of us are only victims, that is not our only ‘thing’. We are women, wives, mothers, friends, and a great many other roles. We have stories and we have voices. We deserve to be heard, we must be heard.
This abuse must end. I know men too suffer in life, but I am not a man, I do not know their stories, they have to do that, not me. I have my story though, and I will tell it to anyone who wants or needs to hear it. I will also do all I can to assist others to get their story written, because I know how healing it can be to get your own story out.
Other people will tell us what our story actually is, as far as they see it, but they cannot know the full truth of that story, only the person whose story it is can do that. When they have that opportunity to tell that story, then their healing can proceed …
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 