What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
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added by Jonathan Simcoe · updated 5mo ago
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“The way to healing,” he told me then, “is to take what you’ve been through and make it mean something. And you’ve done that.” And I remembered one more time: The more you love, the harder you fight.
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Love is the motivation that will give joy and peace when doing the right thing is hard and hurts.
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I choose to forgive. I choose to want Larry’s repentance and salvation because it is what he needs, not what I want.
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As I began, the words of the abolitionist William Wilberforce ran through my mind: “You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.”[1] In 1789, filled with passion over the evil of slavery and an unflinching commitment to see it end, he had risen in the British Parliament and described in unwavering graphic detai
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No one was alone anymore.
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. EPHESIANS 3:20-21
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“You need to know,” he started, “this does not diminish your value. This doesn’t make me think less of you.” He looked over at me and I glanced back briefly. “All this does is give me direction for how to best serve and care for you. Honestly . . .” He laughed just a bit. “I’ve been wondering this whole time what I could possibly bring to the relat
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To this day, I don’t remember what official consequence was meted out for our infractions, but I do remember this: My mom was protected. And she was protected because my dad loved.
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People have no idea what it costs survivors to stop an abuser.
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