The Fiona Project

I’m a wife, mother, and grandmother who has lived with the wounds of CSA my whole life. When I began therapy, writing was the only way I could express myself. Now it has become a solid part of my therapy, and sharing is part of my recovery. Best of luck to all who are fighting to move from victim to survivor.

Note the verse lyrics are very standard stuff for CSA victims to hear from their abusers: If it weren’t for your maturity none of this would have happened If you weren’t so wise beyond your years I would’ve been able to control myself If it weren’t for my attention you wouldn’t have been successful and If it weren’t for me And you’ve washed your hands clean of this Child Sexual Abuse is tricky and coercive yet for some it can also be alluring and ego-building at the same time. So thank you for priming the pumps so long ago; and thank you for all you do today to set a healthy example of what healing looks like. The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Feb. 2002.

I am a poet, photographer, digital artist and selfie artist, and I am an interpreter and document translator for my language. I dedicate all sales of my digital art books and the 10% I make for designing for Vida clothing and accessories with my digital art and photography on them to helping support 88 precious orphans in Kampala Uganda. I get my healing through my writing, photography and digital art. View my art and poetry books on Amazon

Thank you Mary Ann for being brave and sharing your story. We hope through this difficult task of finally allowing yourself to be fully seen, you have found peace and healing; and we know that sharing your story will inspire and empower others to come forward and be free as well. “I’ve lived for fifty years in the shadow of my own life, hiding from the truth, guarding a secret that I was told as a child I had to keep. I’ve come to the end and the secret that has cast a long shadow over my life has shortened leaving me no place to hide any longer.