Travel; as a way of life

Pocogato suggested that we honor our friend Humor Life with a symposium where he didn't do all the heavy lifting. So thank you Pocogato for suggesting this and travel was the theme chosen.When I got t
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Fern:
I started having nightmares almost every single night of me being raped or molested since then.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
People from my mom's culture are very touchy feely so they wouldn't consider this wrong.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
I never told my mom what happened because I was afraid she wouldn't believe me.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
Since she was going to try on the dress too, I told her I would help her by myself even if we struggled, and not to go near my mom's cousin.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
I then went to my sister's room crying and I told her what happened.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
I pushed her hands off & as I was struggling to regain my balance so I get away from her, she touched me again.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
My mom's cousin then made a remark of how I was hitting puberty and then lunged forward and touched me on my chest.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
My mom had gone to her closet to get another piece of the dress, and as I was trying to slip the dress on, my bra slipped off.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
The way the dress is built takes 2 people to help get it on so my mom and her cousin were helping me.
(28 August 2018)

Fern:
It was a tradition for girls to buy & take pictures with a dress from my mom's culture.
(28 August 2018)