BoldlyU Magazine Issue 5 | Page 42

STRICTLY TWEENS OVERCOMER STORY All my life I had no knowledge about self-respect and how I deserved to be treated. As a young girl, I was disrespected and used by almost every guy in my life starting with my biological father. As a young girl, your father should be the one you can count on the most, someone you can turn to or count on but I wasn’t able to have that with mine. He was abusive to my mother and emotionally abusive to me. He chose to give me up without a fight and walked out of my life. Life is hard enough for young girls without being hurt by those that are supposed to love you. Society makes it hard for girls, and we struggle with being insecure, and typically we look to guys for attention and answers. A year ago I was seeking attention f