A victim of childhood sexual abuse until the age of fifteen, Pat Swinger tells the story of her healing journey, how she worked to heal her heart, mind, and spirit and has come now to live in joy, honoring her past as the source of the person she’s now become.

Her message to survivors of childhood sexual abuse:

• Recovery and complete healing from childhood sexual abuse requires the willingness to do the most worthwhile work you will ever do.
• If you are a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, you already have the courage and strength you need to do this work.
• The sexual abuse you suffered was not your fault.
• You are not alone.

Anyone who experienced the pain of childhood sexual abuse and now finds themselves living their lives under the shadow of that abuse will find inspiration and hope in Pat’s story, told as only a survivor of childhood sexual abuse could tell it.

"I hope that reading about my own healing process will help you in your own journey of healing. If it inspires you, or helps you understand something that moves you forward, then the gift will have been given." --
                                               Pat Swinger

      Incest is a betrayal of trust, a misuse of power, and a violation 
      of physical and emotional boundaries.

      Random surveys have shown that as many as 27% of the women 
      and 16% of the men were victims of incest.

      68% of incest incidents take place in the victim's home.