You know although many different races go through molestation it is most common in hispanic and african american families......molestation is known all to well in my family.....you see it started with my grandmmother, she was the victim of molestation and rape...back in those days we had a lot of family members arriving from puertorico and they would always stay with my great grandparents cuz i guess thats the way they did things the first to arrive hosted the others until they on our feet, i gues some cultures still do that...so my grandmother was the oldest of her siblings, my grandmother was so beautiful when she was younger and she still is=).... they would have these grown men sleeping right next to her and my aunt...never thinking twice about it....and my grandmother was molested and raped......she had known my grandfather her entire life and when she was 16 she married him to escape everything she was going through....i can def relate, running away with a man to escape home problems? yea not always the best thing.....because when you do that the men feel like they have control over you...like you cant live without them because they are all you have.....so we are about 40 years later and Both of my sisters were molested, but thats their story to tell.......mine is im 7 yrs old....we were sent to PR every summer....It was a nice experience except for one thing.....I had an older cousin ...he started playing "house" with my cousin and i......so we start playing house regularly and then he would start kissing us and asking us to do things to him or with each other.....i was only 7 but i was pretty sure that this was worng i just had that feeling....and one day when my cousin and i try to run away from the shed in the back of the house that we would play in, and tell my grandparents he pulled out a machete and put it to our faces and said if we ever told anyone he would slice our pretty little faces...so we were scared and kept it inside....we got back from PR and nothing was said...we continued to play"house" and the next yr we retuned to PR and it was the same thing...and it continued when we came back..my cousin and i always too scared to say anything.....2 years had gone by and the molestation was still going on...and it was getting worse......so im sitting in the doctors office with my mom one day and i had seen a movie that was a similiar situation like mine and when they went to the doctor the doctor could tell the little girl had been touched, so i started freaking out....and right there in the doctors off i just came out and said it to my mom.....and her mouth dropped she couldnt believe what was coming outta my mouth....she said dont worry we will handle this when we get home(my grandmothers house) and not to say anything to the doctor(she could have had an ACS case)....so its a long and silent drive home...my mom had called my grandmother on the phone already so the minute we got there my cousin and i were called into her bedroom....we were asked some questions and then my male cousin was called in and he got beat and then was told never to do it again because if not they would have to tell my grandfather.......so its done and we all leave the room....my cousin and i were kind of relived for that moment.....so a couple of weeks go by and then he struck again..the way any predator does....and i went to tell my grandmother and she told me to start wearing shorts and that she will tell him something....so i start wearing shorts and then he touches me again....i go and tell my grandmother and she tells me to start wrapping the sheets around me really tight and again i do that and he just wouldnt stop!....one day he gave up on me and then went to my cousin..she started screaming at the top of her lungs and it just so happen that my uncle was there and he woke up and saw everything he pinned him up on the wall and told him if he ever did that shit again he was going to beat the shit out of him.......he layed low for a couple nights before coming after me again.....the next night he went to touch me again i kicked him in his face and told him if ever touched me again i would fucking kill him and i meant it..... he never did again...a year later he was shipped off to his mom and the family still dealt with him for holidays and stuff but he never touched me again.....the sad part is he was so mentally sick at that time and he had gone through his own share of abuse, then did so many drugs that he dosent even remember the shit he did and he would hug and kiss me like nothing had ever happen........over the years i came to forgive him...I feel sorry for him that he never got help...that no one ever saw his pain and suffering and helped him.......and i know many people go their entire lives not finding that closure....but i have i refuse to let him have any power over my life.......And i Love him dearly today, he is my family and i forgave him a long time ago.......when Jesus was dien on the cross he said "Father forgive them for they know not what they do"......so thats how i feel about it....no point in holding onto that hurt...i will never be able to forget it but i can let it go and show other women or men who had the same experience as me, thats ok to talk about...its ok to let go and let the world know what happen....i did it and i feel soo much better and im an advocate for helping kids dealing with molestation....I'm breaking the silence on molestation............................If you or someone you know is being molested or raped please contact:
To get help or report abuse, call theChildhelp National Child Abuse Hotlineat 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453).