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May 18, 2009, 12:13 AM

((( mixedup-emotions )))

I am truly sorry that you're feeling this way. It's a horrible place to be in but I do understand why you're there. We'll stand by you. It's okay to feel this way, just don't stay there too long.

I don't know if you have kids, but let's say you had a little girl come to you one day and tell you she got a ride home from a boy who abused her.

She then tells you it was all her fault because she should've yelled for help but she just let it happen. She failed.

I want you to look at that little girl and tell her she was right. Tell her it was her fault. Tell her she could've stopped it and she didn't.

I know you couldn't do it because it would not be true. You would hug that little girl, wipe away her tears and assure her it was not her fault. You would truly mean it.

Someday, when you're ready, maybe you'll be able to look at a picture of yourself as a little girl and have that same conversation and maybe, just maybe, you'll find the same compassion.