Comment by Carrie on 02 Aug 2010 at 12:35 pm

Dear Karen,

Your message at the end of the book to watch with fresh eyes the children in our lives moved me. It gave me hope. I feel so often that there’s not much I can do but pray for abused children. Thank you for the idea to pray specifically that these children will be unafraid to tell someone. God bless!

Dear Carrie,

Thank you so much for keeping abused children in your prayers. That’s all that I can hope for. It continues to sadden me whenever I hear of a child being abused. What frightens me most is that children continue to be abused despite all the awareness and knowledge given by media.  I pray that all people not turn a blind eye when abuse is suspected. It is my hope children are taught to take care of themselves and trust their instincts.

When I was a child not much was spoken about abuse. I grew up assuming all children were abused like me. Keeping secrets… I always felt to blame. No child should ever feel that they deserved to be abused.

God bless you.

Karen