Abuse

I knew the dirty little secret. One of my closest friends sat stirring her Starbuck’s frap into mush. Tears gripped the corners of her eyes and a halfhearted smile forced through as she started [...]

When Jake Luhrs heard from fans about their struggles–addictions, abuse, depression, self-harm–he couldn’t leave them to struggle alone. Join Jake on Steve Brown, Etc. as he [...]

In 2009, seven years after her abduction, Elizabeth Smart testified that the man who kidnapped her would rape her three or four times a day, keep her tied up with a cable around her leg, and [...]

It was my second visit to the small Odessa, Texas store. My husband and I were visiting his family and I remembered loving the knick knacks and cute decorations in the store. I was anxious to get [...]

“How can you trust him?” Chris asked, hesitating on my proposition. He had been burned one too many times in the past, which cooked a skeptical crust that shielded his gooey insides. “He’s not [...]

I don’t have the statistics on sexual assault and abuse. I don’t know the numbers in my age group or the percentage of victims in my state. But I’m guessing you don’t care [...]