I have no contact with my own parents because my mom didn't believe me when I told her my father was molesting me from the age of five through thirteen. He denied ever laying a hand on me and my mother chose to believe him over me. Once I told her, my father stopped coming to my room in the middle of the night when my mother was sleeping. But even though the abuse stopped I never felt comfortable in their house and when I turned of legal age I moved in with my older cousin. 

Being a single mom has its challenges but I wouldn't change my decision to keep my child for anything. I don't believe in abortion and putting her up for adoption wasn't something I could live with. Over the years I have been really careful not to bring the wrong man around Breana. I have always had a fear that what happened to me with my own father could possibly happen to my daughter. I never had any boyfriend spend the night for fear that she could be molested. This posed some problems in my relationships with men and hence that is why I have never been married.

Since my own father broke my trust in the worst possible way I have not been able to trust any man completely and I probably never will. My worst fear would be to find out someone took advantage of my daughter. When I was victimized as a child it brought about some anxiety and depression. I often blamed myself for what happened and it hurt like hell that my mother did not believe me. For that reason I have been extremely overprotective and possessive over my daughter and I do everything in my power to prevent that from happening to her. I allow her friends to spend the night but Breana does not and will not sleep over anyone's house. Yes, I am being overprotective, but I look at it as being cautious. There are too many child predators out there in the world and I know that I am providing a safe place for my child in my own home.