I am Blessed

I am blessed.

He said "I. Am. Blessed."

I am blessed with all the things I went through before I was 12. The survivor of the 3rd worse case in child abuse in California at that time. BLESSED! he said. Why? Because he learned from it. Simple.

I have an extensive abuse history myself. I do not claim to be anywhere near Dave Pelzer's experience. But extensive regardless. I tell my story to people and when they say 'I'm sorry' I almost always follow it with 'Don't be, I'm glad it happend. If it happened any other way--I wouldn't  be who I am or doing what I do'.

When Dave said 'I am blessed.' I cried.

I have never met another person who stated they were blessed or even okay with the posion that has found its way into their life. I thought to myself: I'm not the only one.

I am blessed.

I AM BLESSED.

I could repeat that 1000 times. Another person understands that all the hurt and pain isn't about being a victim. It's about being a survivor and about believing you are blessed.

If there was a two things I would want to share with every abuse survivor out there, they  would be: you are a survivor and you are blessed.

If I could find a way to get through to every survivor I'm have contact with to encourage them to take what was inside of them that helped them survivor the horrors that was in their lives and apply that to the rest of their life--be better, be stronger, be more. Believe you are blessed. And show that in your everyday life. I think big things would happen.

I am blessed.

I am better.

I am stronger.

I am more.

You are blessed.

You are better.

You are stronger.

You are more.

Believe it.