Im a survivor of child sexual abuse and instead of keeping the pain and so on stuck to me like glue that would pull me down like quicksand I found ways of turning the bad situations of what happened to me into putting it to doing good and great things like guest speaking in community agencies, schools and prison inmate offenders programs, testifies for a governors task force on rape and sexual assault in which my testimony along with other survivors in the state were formed into law proposals and became laws for the whole state, Started a community support group for women survivors of child sexual abuse, vollunteer work on a community workshop about child sexual abuse for community professionals - teachers, lawyers, doctors and so on, Survivor member on a community child abuse and protection council (members were lawyers, teachers, doctors, and so on), Appeared in the mass media on the subject of child sexual abuse, A member of many on line support groups. And I am always on the lookout for more ways to help get the word out about recognizing, breaking free and protection against Child sexual abuse.

As for my having DID well again I am on many on line support groups. And now that my present lawyer has lifted the gag order so to speak that a past lawyer put on my past therapist and I about DHS not finding out that I have DID I am more open in my real time life about my having this and those that I have disclosed it to have been fantastic and do not treat me any differently then they did before they knew of my diagnosis.

Combining my having been abused and my having DID I have completed the writing of 2 books and am on the third one. They are not yet out for the general public yet but I do print them off for people who are in my real time life. I do plan on officially publishing them in the near future.

Some future plans in the works for me as in thoughts for doing -

there is a gallery here in town that sells survivors artwork. I have "toyed" with the idea for a couple years and will at some point be selling my artwork there.

I am a single parent with a child in the foster care and mental health system. I am thinking about possibly starting a group for parents of children in the foster care system. I know know how to navigate the system including not letting a DHS caseworker get away with harrassment and breaking laws in the process. oh boy what I could teach people about a certain ex DHS caseworker and how to handle those like her. LOL

a website formed and run modeled after a real time support group that I run and have been a member of in another state. The webiste plans will include readable and postable only by registration and login and possibly limited to a specific real time support group members so that those of us from this fantastic support group that I was a part of years ago and have modeled the support group I have started and run presently after have a way to still have our group and so on.

There are so many ways a person can use the bad that was done to us to put it to good use. Think about it.. What was the one thing our abusers wanted to do?

Hurt us, break us, and KEEP US SILENT so what is the best way to get revenge-

By HEALING, showing we can SUVIVE and TELLING others about what happened in whatever ways we feel comfortable and TEACHING others how to TELL

I was never taught

good touch, bad touch, say NO and GO TELL

now I teach it, I write it, I draw it, and I am it.