I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of people don’t have and a better understanding—they can be more open-minded. - Ella's mother

I just don’t see the point of talking unless there’s something to say.

Please don't go. I just got you back

How can you want to touch me after what I did?" "How can I ever not want to touch you?

When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.

So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, the twisted. She could go on living her life happy, just like she deserved.

You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be