Monica Stegall
Stories (2/0)
Butterflies
Something in my imaginary world sometimes thinks about things that someone might have to go through one day, what I would do if something like this happened to me. Imagination and thoughts turned into real life circumstances. My stepdad, the man who brought me back to life when I was going down—I watched him die. He has liver cancer and knew there was not going to be a cure to bring him back to life. He took defeat. I never imagined going through something as traumatic as watching someone I truly loved with my whole heart slowly slip away from my life. Typically, step-parents are the bad guys in every Disney movie ever created. This story took a completely different turn from the typical evil parent lifestyle.
By Monica Stegall5 years ago in Families
Hidden Abuse
Abuse is hidden in different ways. Covering up bruises, hiding the yelling, putting on a smile, pretending as if nothing is happening. No one deserve abuse. No one deserves to get hurt, to be helpless, to be destroyed. I didn't deserve it; my family didn't deserve it.
By Monica Stegall5 years ago in Psyche