I am a survivor of incest. A minister, my father molested me before I could speak. He did not inflict physical pain when he violated me. We had a close relationship, and secrets from Mommy. I adored him. My father introduced me to the excitement of the forbidden. He died when I was only 5, and I felt abandoned.
All my life I have asked why. I have struggled to know who I am, what place in the world I might occupy, what contribution I might make.
Perhaps the illness that ended ...