If You Have An Issue With Homosexuality,

I'm A Grown Woman. I've Earned My Experiences, My Scars.

I Survived This Torture Which Left Me Paralyzed For Years. That's What That Night Was All About, Mutilation, More Than Violence Through Sex. I Really Do Feel As Though I Was Psychologically Mutilated That Night And Now I'm Trying To Put The Pieces Back Together Again. Through Love, Not Hatred. And Through My Music. My Strength Has Been To Open Again, To Life, And My Victory Is The Fact That, Despite It All, I Kept Alive My Vulnerability.

I Don't Allow Challenges To Trip Me Up.

Sometimes You Are Forced To Defend Your Beliefs. Sometimes You Are Forced To Look At Relationships That Aren't Positive Anymore. There Are Times When I Have Had To Make Peace With The Fact That I Am At War. And Sometimes You Have To Fight Those Who Do Not Want Love To Conquer All.

When I Am Able To Be Present, Listening - Really Listening - To A Viewpoint Described Through Someone Else's Lens, I Am Here In The Now And Alive.