Abuse-survivor Quote by Erin Merryn
““While my sister and I were reminded we did not cause this pain, it was knowing that because we broke our silence about what had been done to us, our parents were hurting. That knowledge was hard on us.””
![“In my mother's time, [pain] was a secret burden, and women were admired for their ability to ignore, to be silent, to be selfless… Now we can speak it, and that's true healing, not a problem--to admit there is some constant pain.” quote by Terese Marie Mailhot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ef/terese-marie-mailhot-281987_pain_in-my-mother-s-time-pain-was-a-secret-bu_1314864.jpg)
