The progression to tell your story is usually as slow as
honey in a blizzard. It starts with one
thought or motion, which grows into several thoughts and motions. None of us can tell our story without the
people who support us, hold our hand along the way, hand us tissues, and basically
allow us to be blubbering snot factories and not treating us like we have
Ebola.
All of us who have found the courage to stand up and tell
our stories did not do so without being held up by an indestructible foundation
made up of people who love us. Those
people aren't just unaffected super strong little versions of He-Man and
She-Ra. They have been hurt. They have been affected. They have held us, cried with us, prayed for
us, been hurt by us, had to relearn how to act around us, and had to make their
own decision, asking themselves if it is healthy for them to be the people we
need them to be.
Being a secondary survivor is not an easy thing. They may not have survived the actual moments
of our lives, but they have had to survive us surviving the memory of those
moments, which can be very traumatizing.
They are not all women, many of them are men who have made
the choice to learn how to support us and be an advocate for our platform of
awareness.
The video I am sharing with you today is one secondary
survivor, and he is a man. If you are a
survivor, you have to recognize the secondary survivors in your life and know
that you could not be a Wonder Woman without them.
Kevin, I hope you are honored to be the first man to receive
the Wonder Woman Wednesday feature. All
of the women you have helped become stronger, and all of the men you have
educated make you a very valuable and important asset to everything we do to
spread awareness.
Thank you for your dedication.
If you or someone you know has a story of survival, please email sunshine@YourDamselDiva.com.
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