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REAL LIFE

A STORY OF SURVIVAL & LOVE

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nd kidney failing, her whole body shaking uncon-

who love you dearly; you just have to find them. Remove the negative

trollably, your father crying to you asking you as a

energy from your life and only move towards to the positive. Remem-

child what to do, how to fix it, was the most emo-

ber, everything that happens in your life makes you who you are today.

tionally devastating experience of my life. To have

Don’t live in the past with regret, live in the now and look forward to

the sister you love dearly, so close to death is an

your future. YOU ARE IN CONTROL. YOU ARE STRONG. I have

emotion words cannot describe. It has taken a while, but we have our

just returned from 5 months of independent, solo travel around the

sister bond back on track. My sister is happy, her depression is under

world and about to set sail again. There is nothing you can’t achieve if

control, her life is going well and we are closer then we have been before. Of course there are still rough patches and bridges to re-build,
but that will just take time to heal. My sister has been in contact with
my mother on and off now over the last couple of years. I don’t fully
understand the relationship, but I do respect it. At this point, I cannot
bring myself to answer my mother’s calls. Just hearing her voice can
affect my emotions immensely. I still cannot understand how a mother
could treat their children in such
a way and not feel any regret or
have understanding of what she
did wrong. How could she blame
everything on us as children?
How is she the Victim? I do not
understand why people do the
things they do, but I choose not
to have those negative people in
my life. I choose to live my life
surrounded by the people who

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you set your mind to it.
ecent Song: What am I to do with my life, you
sucked me in and I paid the price you called me out
the blue, caught me by surprise, You shook up emotions, I thought I hid inside. There will always be one
thing, that gets to my heart, It has been you, But I re-

fuse to cry over you, because you don’t deserve my tears, Not anymore.

“Remember, everything
that happens in your life
makes you who you are
today. Don’t live in the past
with regret, live in the now
and look forward to your
future. ”

move on, but how can I do that,
when you’re in the wrong? I’ve
lived many years without your
love, and I’ll live many more independent and strong. There will
always be one thing, that gets
to my heart, It has been you, But
I refuse to cry over you, because
you don’t deserve my tears, Not
anymore. I’ve traveled the world,
I’ve been by myself Finally I’m

love and care for me. Forgiveness
is still something I am working on, however I try my best not to let

They save to forgive is how you

free.

my childhood past affect my happiness. When I receive phone calls, I

Story written by Kirsty B, her real life account of growing up in

block the number, I do not listen to the hurtful and nasty verbal abuse,

domestic violence. Images are of AbbyLee whom wanted to pose

I delete the messages and I write down my emotions so I do not bot-

for us to support our efforts to educate and empower all people

tle them up inside. I tend to write songs which help me control my

suffering in domestic violence.

emotions at the time. If you suffer from an emotional past, find something you love to help you deal with your emotions. Whether that may
be art, music, journaling or even talking to someone close to you. If
there is one thing I have learned, it’s to let your emotions out. It is the
only way to help you release your past and to help you move on. You
may never understand why it happened to you, but do know there are
many others out there with similar situations and there are many people to help you through your emotions. There are people in the world

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