For me, usually I hate to talk of it...The memories are painful. My father molested and raped me whenever he felt like it when I was a kid. He would beat me each chance he got. Lock me in the bathroom and tell me I couldn't come out till mom got home. Threatened to put me in a garbage bag when it all began and toss me in the river if I ever told of the awful things he was doing. At one point, he made his point clear that he wasn't joking when he tried to stuff me in a garbage bag. When the truth came out about him molesting not only me, but my two younger sisters, my mother left him.

Her next boyfriend would starve me and my sisters when he got the chance. While mom was away in another state, he refused me and my sisters food, water and made us sleep outside.. It was below zero. We survived by sharing the dog's coop with a collie. When mom got home, she didn't understand why me and my sisters were so upset and in tears clinging to her no matter how hard we tried to explain things to her. Mainly because my speech is impared from the beatings I took from my biological father. One sister was too young to speak yet and the other was too scared to go into great detail.

There are some true horrors in my past.. So things I'd love to be able to forget.. And what I have mentioned is only the top layer... It's not even scratching the surface really of all the BS I was put through growing up. No child should ever have to go through the things I experienced. What irks me about the whole mess, mom's ex boyfriend that made me sleep outside in the cold is walking free. He never got in trouble over that. And my father.. He got a slap on the hand, a kick in the bum and told not to do it again. But that's the justice system for ya.

Now a spanking for a wrong doing, that's not abuse. My mother used to punish me all the time when I acted up. Either a spanking, corner or grounding. Normally it was a swat on the rear and a week of grounding for whatever it was I did wrong. Punishing is one thing.. Abuse is another.

This is very important to me as well. I could only only download one item though due to my computer being very low on space. But I do plan on returning for the rest after I get my computer repaired.

On the other note, it comes as very important to me because I too am a survivor of child abuse. Suffered it from the time i was 2 right up till I was nearly twelve. It's a harsh life to lead and to know that there are sick people out there that would harm a child.

To those out there who have been through the ringer like me, stand strong. Just remember, the abuse is in the past. But things like this.. hold with pride. Show your support to others out there who are going through Hell at the hands of another. Let them know they're not alone. And that one day, things will get better.

Anyway, I'll silence now before I begin to ramble. At any rate, my children in my game will proudly have the bear in their rooms. As I said already, I plan on coming back for the other downloads once my computer is repaired.

 

i'm a little curious, but what folder do i place this in? i've never downloaded a full neighborhood before. but this is too cool to pass up. does it go in the downloads folder or somewhere else?