The early years of children’s lives must be treated with as much importance as the great social challenges and opportunities of our times, The Duchess of Cambridge has said. The Duchess is from a stable and privileged background. She along with social workers and care agencies, get their information from a book. Some of us had to live through abuse, whilst slipping through the net. My early years were very traumatic. My mother left me with her parents when I was a baby. My grandmother tried her hardest to raise me. She was kind, caring and wonderful. On the other hand my grandfather along with my auntie was spiteful, hateful and nasty. She forbade her children to play with me as she deemed me bad, uncontrollable and a bad influence on them. My auntie and grandfather should have been a source of support and stability, but they offered none. I wasn’t allowed to laugh, giggle speak or even eat when my grandfather was around. My grandmother was for ever begging me to be good. I tried my hardest but my efforts were pointless. That man destroyed my childhood, he literally sucked the innocence from my soul. I dreaded going home from school, I didn’t want to be in that awful house. By the time I was five, I was hardened by it all, it was just just another day. I didn.t know any difference, it was all I knew. Corporal punishment was legal in my school, it was painful but I didn’t let the teacher see me cry. It was nothing compared to the abuse at home. Thinking back, I now know the headteachers to be downright cruel as they knew I didn’t have a mum, that’s why they did it. I sometimes wonder if my grandfather told them to hit me. She once told me I was a bad girl to disrespect my blind grandfather. I thought he might have poor eyesight but he is always throwing things at me, his aim is always accurate. I still have the scars. I became resilient to my grandfathers and auntie abuse, it didn’t faze me too much. I climbed trees, threw stones, chased my friend, picked wild flowers and listened to grandmothers story telling. Yes, my upbringing was cruel, to say the least, but it has shaped and prepared me for the roads ahead. Although I am quite sensitive I can deal with most things, rejection, deceit, lies, physical, mental and sexual abuse. It has made me realize there are bad people, but there are also decent, honest, kind and caring people too. The ones who cause the most pain are usually filled with hatred and jealousy. Forgiveness is the only way forward. It is indeed a beautiful gift, it lifts the spirit and frees our souls from “Satan’s bottomless pit.”
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