Reply #83: wow.

[Evergreen Emerald]

Have you considered working with children who have been abused? I prosecute sex offenses. Victim advocates are always needed to help children through the court system. Children who have just reported abuse are so vulnerable and scared and confused and guilty and ashamed and are a bundle of nerves. They could use someone like you who understand them. Also, the advocates are generally female and boys seem to have a harder time of the whole process--especially if the perp is a female. It is difficult to find a male advocate.

I appreciate you allowing us a glimpse into the issues of power and control and manipulation and how that power is used to enforce the secrecy of the abuse.

You are impressive. You have protected your wife and your children--and yourself--from those abusers who still lurk around your family. You also have broken that cycle that I see so often in families who perpetuate the abuse.

I wish you the best.