Comment by Beau Jeffrey on 14 Jul 2012 at 10:32 am

Hi Karen,

I found your book in my wife’s things after she passed away and noticed you signed it with a note of endearment… so I read your story and realized what was so important in my wife’s last days before she passed. She was a survivor of past abuse just like you in different ways and I wanted to say as she spoke during the last few years I noticed much healing and thankfulness in her.  I attribute this to your story. Anyway my wife is gone and I continue to learn about her determination to make things right before she died. What a marvelous contribution your story is to hurting people. Keep the faith. Thank you for being a spot of hope in my wife’s life. I don’t know if you ever met each other, but I think so. Amends for me will be in heaven. As for now I have accepted Jesus as my savior and have changed for the better.

Dear Beau Jeffrey,

First, I’m sorry for your loss. I’m also glad you found understanding in your wife’s illness and pray that it gives you a sense of calm in knowing how hard her life had been and how she longed to make things right before she passed on. I hope you have found peace. I’m not sure if I met your wife without knowing her name, but if she had a signed copy, I suspect I did meet her. Most of the signed books were personally hand given.

As a survivor myself, I know life can be difficult without support and understanding from our loved ones. It sounds to me that you have tried your very best to be supportive to your wife and continued to learn. Living with a multiple or a person with past sexual abuse is not easy. All one can do is to try to be patient during tough times.

Thank you so much for your encouragement to me to continue sharing my story. I have faith and I hope to be of help to those who suffer or know someone who has suffered the pain of abuse.

May your wife rest in peace,

Wishing you all me best,

Karen