I’m writing a book of stories from my life, but I am concerned about putting a certain part in because I don’t know how my family will react. I’m going to include the piece in this post and I would love feed back on whether I should keep it in the book or not. Thanks in advance!
-Hali
“I haven’t been innocent since I was four years old. That was when I accidentally saw porn for the first time. After that, I started to explore my body. I found out where to touch and how much to touch until it felt good. A few years later, I would say I was about 6 or 7, I told the girl who lived next to my grandmother about what I had discovered. I didn’t understand that it was a private thing. She told me she could teach me some “tricks” on how to make it feel even better. She was older than me, maybe 12 or 13. I trusted her, so when she told me I shouldn’t tell anyone because we would get in trouble,I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t tell anyone until a few months ago. I still am not sure how to feel about that. I know now that what she was doing was wrong and that she was old enough to know better, but at the time I didn’t understand that. She moved away a few summers later. “
The Ballad of Love and Hate 