Abuse Journal

Author: L.M. Carleton

  • The Lesson Learned By Being Wrong

    Admitting your wrong can be difficult, mainly when your own words speak the truth back to you. But being wrong is not bad if you learn a lesson.

    I wrote a letter to a friend in June 2018.

    I opened a saved copy yesterday to reread the contents, and the words of truth spoke to my heart. I’ve been doing the same thing, going in the wrong direction. 

    I filled my mind with speculations and theories and searched to explain past suffering and this dark and sinful world. The very things I’ve consumed drive a wedge between Christ and me.

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  • Humbling Lesson Learned About Being an Abuse Victim

    Dear Reader,

    I started writing after a powerful realization about the abuse I had faced for years. I experienced child abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence, which clouded my thinking. My spirit was restless, and my heart was filled with fear.

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  • The Danger of Keeping Family Secrets

    After years of suffering, I learned that keeping secrets from the public eye was a grave weakness. Secrets prevent you from moving forward in life.

    My Father spoke in riddles, making you think one minute and confusing you the next.

    Like the baffling statement, “You can’t start life with a broken garden hoe,” made days before my wedding, it confused me for twenty-eight years.

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