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Life unexpected

At the end of July last year, my daughter disclosed to me that her father had molested her over the course of a couple of years. I had suspected it for a long time but I don't think I was ever really prepared for the blow that accompanied this disclosure. As we sat in the living room talking about it into the wee hours of the morning, I couldn't help but just want to curse and cry and kick and scream...but I couldn't because I knew if I did, she wouldn't tell me anything ever again so...there I sat...paralyzed by emotion while she told me some of the horrible things that had happened to her.  I couldn't sleep that night.  My mind was racing.  I was a total wreck.  The following morning, I called my friend Denise and told her what my daughter had told me.  She came and got my girls that afternoon while I was at work and talked to them about it.  Again, my daughter disclosed the same thing to her that she had disclosed to me the previous night and it was dec...

Who are we and why are we here?

Hello!  If you are here, I'm guessing you already know us, our situation, and our story, but in case you don't, I will give you a brief rundown of who we are and why we are here.  For starters, I'm Paige...I'm the mother of a daughter who was sexually abused by her biological father. Ugh...those words sting....but I said it. I have two beautiful daughters who have suffered at the hands of another individual who was supposed to love, protect, and support them at all costs but ultimately destroyed their trust, their faith and betrayed them to the core. That individual was their father and my ex-husband.  Their father is currently in the custody of the Utah Department of Corrections.  In January 2015, he was sentenced to two 10 years to life terms for a crime he committed against another child however, we are currently pressing an additional 6 first degree felony charges against him for the things he did to my now 13 year old daughter. The court process is messy, ugly ...