by Our Stories Untold | Oct 5, 2020 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Anonymous Selah. I don’t know how to begin this story, but I know in my bones that it needs to be told. I’ll begin by saying that I don’t know how to keep myself safe by writing all of this down, but I know I have to confront this mountain. The threat of...
by intoaccount | Mar 13, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Survivors speak
by Kathy Wiens, Chair, Into Account Board of Directors I was recently at a physical therapy appointment. In the paperwork, they asked for my occupation. I dutifully filled in the blank with “author and speaker.” Even though my work entails more than this,...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 10, 2018 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Suzanne I was sexually assaulted by my father, paternal uncles and paternal grandfather as a child. My mother was aware of the abuse by my father and participated on one occasion. It started when I was a toddler, before the core of who I was had fully coalesced. I...
by Our Stories Untold | Oct 8, 2018 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by M.G. My name is Megan Grove. It’s been over two years since I originally posted my story on Our Stories Untold as M.G. Two years this past April. The same month that I tried to take my own life at EMU ten years ago. And as these years roll by, bleeding one into the...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 21, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Zeta Zeta (pseudonym) is a survivor of sexual abuse and rape both as a child and as an adult. She will be writing every now and then for Our Stories Untold, with a special focus on speaking to other survivors about everyday dynamics of struggle and peace that come...
