Years ago there was a bright young woman named Lauren who graduated with a communication degree from my university. She went on to grad school and won a scholarship, partly based on a submitted essay. It began, “I need to get bread, carrots, and shaving cream tomorrow at the grocery store. Did I move the clothes from the washer to the dryer?”
These were the thoughts that were going through my mind the night I was physically attacked, beaten, and sexually assaulted.”
Today and next week
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