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…

step back into the light.

The following week, she went back to school. It wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t perfect, but it was a step. It was a victory, however small.

And for the first time in a long time, I allowed myself to believe that things would get better. That we could find a new normal, one that was safe, one that was filled with love.

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