Runaway Love: It's Time to Stop Running: Shattered Reflections

Born into a world where the people meant to protect her became the ones who hurt her the most, a young girl learns that survival means saving herself—over and over again. From the earliest memories of depersonalization, where she felt like a stranger in her own body, to the relentless manipulation of a stepfather who shattered her innocence, this is a harrowing journey of trauma, betrayal, and resilience.As she navigates the brutal reality of being unheard and disbelieved, she fights to hold on to the fragments of her past, piecing together a story no one wanted to acknowledge. From being forced to lie to protect her abuser to being gaslit by her own mother and community, every moment led her to one inevitable conclusion—she had to run.Told with raw honesty and painful clarity, this memoir is not just a story of abuse, but of a child who was left to fend for herself in a world that refused to see her pain. But no matter how many times she ran, the past always caught up—until she realized that the only way to truly escape was to stop running and face the truth. Read more