I love reading Jan Ackerson's blog One Hundred Words. I have tried a few times to do as she does, capture a character in 100 words, to suggest in just a few sentences,an entire plot. It's a challenge to be sure. But a fun one!
The following is based on a true experience (not mine). One thing I have learned as a survivor: when such things are brought into the light, it loses it's power. Here's to breaking the bond of silence and letting the truth be told in order to be set free!
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When Nellie was 14, and you didn’t talk about such things, she
was raped. Once Nellie's mother realized Nellie was pregnant, she whisked her
away to a home for girls in such condition.
When the baby was born, Nellie turned her face away. She
returned home, her mother firmly stating, it
didn't happen.
Her father long dead, today, Nellie greets people following
her mother's memorial. At 64, silver hair neatly coiffed, Nellie looks regal, strong,
unflappable. But for those paying attention, Nellie is heard to repeatedly
murmur, "My father raped me when I was a girl. My father raped
me."
A low murmur is all it takes to break the silence.
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