Serendipitous Girl

I have a guttural need to scream so loud my voice is heard on the other side of the world. It makes no difference what side of the aisle you sit on—this week has been a shitshow. We live in a country where perpetrators are protected, and survivors continue to be victimized. More than a thousand survivors and more than thirty years since the first report, yet justice is nowhere to be found. The only descriptive words I can think of are "Twilight Zone." In reference to the Epstein files, I've begun using the term "the gift that just keeps on giving." Of course, this is sarcasm. What these files are, is a never-ending deluge of depravity.  What we are witnessing unfold goes beyond unsettling.  For individuals who have experienced physical, sexual, and sadistic abuse, the notion that there is something worse in this world is not an idea that is comfortable to entertain. We know the pain and anguish we have experienced, and to hear accounts from the abyss and see int...

  For survivors, the world feels heavy right now, like a weight is sitting on our chest, and we are struggling to breathe. If this is you, you are not alone. I  made the conscious decision not to read all the disturbing facts in the Epstein files. It was a proactive choice to protect my mental and emotional health. Scrolling through social media, I read a few pages. It was a colossal error in judgment on my part. Now I don't need to read them as snippets are released across social media. Everything I read and hear makes the worst horror movie ever released look like an episode of Sesame Street.  The eerie silence surrounding these files and the lack of justice are precisely why victims do not come forward. I have no doubt the elite echelon that comprises the satanic pedophile ring led by Jeffrey Epstein was counting on that fact. The “releasing” of the Epstein files has left many people with more questions than answers. Regrettably, it is my personal experiences that inst...