ThaWilsonBlock Magazine Issue28 Issue2 | Page 9

When I was finally released from these "convents" filled with medieval madness, a kaleidoscope of tortured memories would spin in my head...the entire experience was so bizarre that there was no sense that could be made out of it ...one cannot make sense out of evil ...Then I came upon the movie The Magdalene Sisters and there was my life in a movie ...It was then that I realized there was nothing random about any of this ...this was ORGANIZED ABUSE across the board ...I woke in the middle of the night last year and it all became very clear to me ...the greed, the corruption, the story ....and I got up and wrote I AM THE VOICE....The Magdalene Laundries/Good Shepherd Convents were here in America and it is a part of our history that has been kept in the dark...NOT ANY LONGER ...Girls, young women being locked away is not acceptable ...it is an OUTRAGE ....our babies were taken ...this is not acceptable ...it is an OUTRAGE ...I am putting a shout out to any girl/woman who was "sent" to one of these places to please step into the LIGHT and join us ...Your experience is a part of all of our experiences ...we need your voice to make this happen ...We need all of you ...RISE UP WITH US ....SILENT NO MORE ...