Telling My Brother About My Abuse

[tinytherese]

So on saturday I'm going to call my brother and to explain our family situation. Our dad has sexually harassed me and I've been fearful of my safety. Depression resulted in me because of it. I had a talk with my mom and she surprised me with believing me and being supportive of me. She agreed to separate from dad. My other brother who is in second grade and I are living with her. Right now dad is staying with his parents temporarily until permanent establishments are made. It should be defined and worked out by Thanksgiving where everyone is going to live. I want to say the right words to my older brother who lives in Arizona. He is a former police officer and over the more recent years he seems to have become a more protective sounding brother. This will all come as quite the shock for him. He is used to being on the law enforcement side of it protecting girls like me from men like this. The fact that he is our own dad will make it so much harder for him. He may be confused about all of this and might not even believe me.

Dad moved out a short time ago and most of the family doesn't know all that is going on. Please pray especially for my dad's side of the family. I don't know how they'll react to this. Dad denies that he has been abusive and his co-workers tried to help him persuade me that he didn't mean to hurt me and that he really does love me, but I don't buy any of that. Please pray that he goes into counseling and talks with our parish priest who already knows about the situation. Even though my dad is Catholic, he has never been to confession before. Please pray for his willingness to cooperate and for his conversion.

My mom is having a really hard time as well. Despite all of this she loves my dad. They just recently separated and a lot of things need to be worked out, especially financially.

I just realized that I mistyped the word brother. LOL embarassing.

Edited October 15, 2009 by tinytherese