“My parents did a masterful job of covering up and to this day are revered and treated as role models by church members that I grew up around. There have been a few people that have believed me and my siblings, but the vast majority of them are convinced that my siblings and I are making everything up.”
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“The intense joy that I felt in that moment is beyond description but I will never forget it. Afterwards it was like Jesus came down and was holding me, whispering to me that how my parents and our homeschool organization portrayed Him to me was very, very wrong.”
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“I remember her telling me on one occasion that she was going to call CPS on my parents. I freaked out at that point… The thought of losing my siblings was too much to bear. In tears, I begged her not to call, assuring her that it wasn’t ‘that bad’ and we were used to it anyway.”
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“I am really scared. I hear Mom tell John to go get some wood and make a pile in the backyard garden. After a few minutes Mom yells for us all to go outside in the backyard. Mom and Dad say that they are going to burn some of our things. Dad has started a bonfire and we have to sit there.”
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“I try for her because she looks so weak. I cry inside for her. I can’t let her see me cry because I need to be strong for her. I try to make her feel better. I tell her that we are princesses in disguise and that mom is the evil person that we will be able to punish later when our father comes to save us.”
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“I see Mom standing over me with the belt in her hand. I see anger, hate and rage in her eyes. In a quick glance around the room, I see John standing in his underwear in the corner sending seething glances at Mom. Abby is curled up on the floor sobbing.”
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“Mom seems like she is having fun as she goes through the house ransacking every room in it. She says that we have fifteen minutes to each get our assigned rooms spotless. She says that our character is more important than our school work and that if we never get any school work done that is fine with her.”
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“There is a lady that goes to our church that does not live very far away. I know I can make it there by morning time. This is the third time I have tried to run away and Dad always caught me before I got off our road. Now I have made it farther then ever and I’m not going back.”
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“Mom says that she is in a war against us and that God is on her side in that war. She says that she will not lose the war and we will be judged by God for not obeying her. She says that she will keep fighting till she dies, we die, or we are finally broken of our will.”
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The following series is an original non-fiction story that spans 33 pages of single-spaced sentences. It will be divided into approximately 10 parts. The story begins during the author’s early childhood and goes up to the present. Please see trigger warnings.
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Homeschoolers Anonymous 