My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

“Why did he do that? Why did he hurt me?”

I felt my breath catch in my throat. “I don’t know, sweetheart,” I said quietly. “I don’t know why he did what he did. But I know it wasn’t your fault. You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“But why did he say those things to me?” she asked again. “Why did he make me feel like I was bad?”

I held her tightly, trying continue reading …