00:00I did have my day in court and it was a scary time so he would question me for maybe
00:06about
00:06five feet away and just being in front of him just seeing him and hearing him and realizing that
00:13this is a fight this is about justice as he would often tell me shh Kathy don't tell nobody's gonna
00:22believe you I had a big family when I was younger going through the abuse but it wasn't a real
00:28family my family is small I have friends that are my family that are my sisters and that's okay
00:36because those people I love I trust and my husband says you're like a poster child for
00:42abuse and I'm like if I I don't care I don't mind that but I feel really good about it
00:48I think
00:48if I stopped talking I would be missing out on a lot I never to this day have gotten an
00:56apology
00:57from my abuser you know instead him saying I never did that and you did I don't think I'd be
01:03lying
01:03all these years later today you know look where I am and thankfully I've got a strong soulmate my
01:11husband Gary and we've been together for 31 years and this book it took us five years to write it
01:19that's me as a five-year-old flower girl on the front that was before the abuse took place
01:24so I think for survivors to know you're not alone
01:28you
