why did i even engage with her? that is the obvious question and one i have thought a lot about. at the truth is that her story resignation dated deeply with me. i had heard the same story before with the same ugliness, the same injustice, the same damage, not only had i heard the story before, i had lived with the story before. my own family member is a survivor of sexual assault in high school. i have watched her live and suffer with the trauma. i would do anything to make it go away for her. but it never really goes away. i spent countless days and nights working through these issues with her and therapists and counselors.