I made a huge step. Albeit a mixed one. I was feeling well enough today to write the letter to the one that assaulted me. Wrote out my anger and feelings and how I wanted him to burn in hell. Went out with my partner to burn the letter I wrote. Didn’t want to do it alone. Watching it burn into ashes...was almost time stopping. Mesmerizing. Anger inducing. Hate inducing. Fear inducing. Healing. Processing. Release. Catharsis. Progress. And many more things. I am still in a daze over it an hour later. Still going through the emotions. It was necessary. I feel this was a monumental first step of many in this process. I have no doubt there will be more letters written and burned moving forward. I have the resolve to survive from my past and heal in the present into the future. As painful as it has and will continue to be.