Last week I shared a story that I found on Facebook “He Wrote It Down” I found it about 5 years ago. Basically, the author is sharing a story about her and her cousin planning a trip to New England to dance on their grandfather’s grave. He had sexually assaulted them when they were kids. They got lost so they went to the police station to ask for directions. She jokingly told her cousin that they should report this. So after they got their directions they told the police officer that they needed to report something. He took them in a room and they began to tell him that their grandfather molested and raped them over 35 years ago. She then goes on to the story to say that the police officer took out his pen and wrote it down.
When I first read this story 5 years ago. I began to cry. It brought up so much emotion. Because I never reported any of my abuse I never got to experience that. At that moment that the police officer wrote it down, he was not judging or questioning if it happened. All he was doing was reporting a crime.
I started feeling like it would be so freeing to have someone listen to me. No matter if they believe me or not. They would sit down and listen to my story and write it down. I began to have this thought and wish. I wish I could find a police officer to just sit down with me and write it down. Was that even possible? Because I am not actually reporting it but just going through the emotions can I have that chance of just having a police officer write it down? I never thought I would have this desire or thought. But continuing to read the story it gave me hope. At the end of their visit at the police station, they told the officer that if anyone else had ever reported that their grandfather abused them to please give them their number. The next day a woman called them. That is so validating. I just want to be heard. To have someone just write it down.
Over the next 4 weeks I will be sharing how this story impacted me and got me to thinking. “Do I Want Him To Write It Down” Follow this story a week from today to see what I did
Take Care. Much Love
