Dear EC member who answered the asked question "how much is a little girl worth?" By saying "worth having insurance proceeds to pay her", please hear my heart -
If you are going to speak those words, first ask those little girls and boys what they care about the most:
If you are going to speak those words, first ask those little girls and boys what they care about the most:
Ask them if they value money, or the truth, more.
Ask them which one they would rather have.
They will tell you they want the truth. They will tell you the incredible cost they have already paid fighting for it.
Ask them which one they would rather have.
They will tell you they want the truth. They will tell you the incredible cost they have already paid fighting for it.
Ask the little girls and boys which they would rather accomplish: getting insurance money, or getting to the root problems and fixing them so another child doesn't live through their hell.
They will pick saving a child every single time. They've dedicated their lives to it.
They will pick saving a child every single time. They've dedicated their lives to it.
In fact, those girls and boys have already told you what they value most, and it isn't money, or power, or personal gain. They lost everything from their abuse, and lost it all over so much more, at the betrayal they experienced from the church. Money was never the motivator.
Before you answer that question, please realize those aren't just words to me, or to anyone in this place. When I spoke those words I saw the names and faces behind them.
I already knew about @ChristaBrown777 and her work. I knew about @ThigpenTiffany .
I already knew about @ChristaBrown777 and her work. I knew about @ThigpenTiffany .
I see the names of the little girls in the child abuse videos on Larry's computer. I gave those words the first time in court for them, at the sentencing hearing for the child porn.
"Viki - young girl - 10".
I cried for her in my kitchen. I wonder every day where they are.
"Viki - young girl - 10".
I cried for her in my kitchen. I wonder every day where they are.
I see @juleswoodson11 and @freedomsbride and @megannlively .
@jenlyell and @Dave_Pittman.
I see the nine of us who faced Larry in court, one girl so young the prosecutor had to identify where she was touched using euphemisms "where you pee?"
@jenlyell and @Dave_Pittman.
I see the nine of us who faced Larry in court, one girl so young the prosecutor had to identify where she was touched using euphemisms "where you pee?"
I see the 165 who have impact statements, so many of them minors.
I see Kyle Stephens. She was missing her front teeth when Larry started abusing her. My 6 yr old is missing her front teeth right now too. And I remember.
I see children who weren't even born when I was abused
I see Kyle Stephens. She was missing her front teeth when Larry started abusing her. My 6 yr old is missing her front teeth right now too. And I remember.
I see children who weren't even born when I was abused
Those aren't just words.
They are the tears I've cried and the ones I've wiped away on so many.
They are the little girls lost in flashbacks I can't pull them from.
They are the terrified souls I've gone to the hospital to advocate for during breakdowns.
They are the tears I've cried and the ones I've wiped away on so many.
They are the little girls lost in flashbacks I can't pull them from.
They are the terrified souls I've gone to the hospital to advocate for during breakdowns.
They are the phone calls I pick up.
"I slit my wrists. Can you call an ambulance?"
The ones who were found on bridges ready to jump. The ones who overdosed.
All the ones so desperate to escape what was done to them, and what so many keep doing to them.
"I slit my wrists. Can you call an ambulance?"
The ones who were found on bridges ready to jump. The ones who overdosed.
All the ones so desperate to escape what was done to them, and what so many keep doing to them.
These aren't words to me. They are people- Indescribably precious. They have fought so hard for the truth, so hard to spare others.
Don't dishonor them by suggesting they care more about money than the truth.
They've already told you over, and over, and over, what they value.
Don't dishonor them by suggesting they care more about money than the truth.
They've already told you over, and over, and over, what they value.
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