Still Standing: From silence and secrets to truth and freedom (Steel Still Standing)

This is my story to tell. For years, I carried silence like it was stitched into my skin. I swallowed secrets, hid bruises, covered shame that wasn't mine to hold. I laughed when I wanted to cry, obeyed when I wanted to scream, and survived things that should have broken me. But I am still here.This book is not written for pity. It is written for freedom. Freedom from the lies I was told, freedom from shame I carried, freedom from silence that bound me. I tell my story because I know I am not alone. Somewhere, there's another little girl crying for a daddy who never came. Another teen-ager being called names that will follow her into womanhood. Another woman carrying wounds that no one ever cared to see. This is for her.This is for us. Read more