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Stacey,

I've just seen your appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and I have to say that I am impressed with your down to earth philosphical approach to your misfortune.

However, I would also like to say to you that you do not owe anybody anything for your actions in shooting your father. If I caught my son doing to one of his children that which your father did to you, he'd be lucky if I just shot him. In my opinion, there can be no reasonable excuse put forth for sexually abusing any child.

My sister asked me to babysit my niece, Ali. Part of me was petrified. Being responsible for a 2-year-old is somewhat overwhelming. I took her for the first time for three hours. That was a good start.

I took her to the fitness club where I teach--they have a kids club, too. I know this was sort of cheating to drop her off in the nursery, but I thought she'd like it. I had bought her a small doll and a bag of Cheetos. I told her if she behaved in the kids club, she could have them when we got back out to the car. Yes, I resorted to bribing.

hello my name is mandi. after a couple of years of hell i am trying to get over what happened to me. i havent told anybody yet because i am afraid of what they will think of me personally. how will they view me?! everything is just unanswered right now. i have talked to so many peole about this but never told them what ACTUALLY HAPPENED. the one person who i love has moved far away and we only see each other once a year and talk/text every now and then. i am still trying to reach out to many people but nobody can help me personaly except me. i am doing a school activity this summer with raising animals and unfortunately selling them but thats not the point. my point is that i met this really nice teacher to the point where i know her name.

I've seen the Stacey Lannert story on Discovery channel and I just want to say I think Stacey is the most courageous woman I have ever seen. I am glad that you are free and wish you well for your future!

I went to another concert. I seem to be enjoying the things most people did in their 20s. I have a ton of catching up to do, and I am thankful for the opportunity to do it.

Kid Rock and Lynrd Skynrd came to St Louis. I wanted to see them, but I did not want to spend the money on a concert ticket. A friend bought the lawn ticket package and offered me one at a reduced rate. I bought it and convinced a friend to go with me.

I was abused by my step father for almost all of my childhood and even into my adult life. Then a year ago, I was raped at my home and it brought all the memories back and I have had to quit my job and now I am on disability and now I am having to finally face my past and deal with it.  It has been very difficult and I am in couseling.  I want so much to get better

I am trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up and let me tell you, it isn’t an easy decision. There are tons of possibilities--if I don't second guess myself.

Going back to school is an option and one of the HealingSisters members recently posted that she got an A in her philosophy class. Amy made me seriously consider going back to school--she hasn't been in class for more than 18 years.

I would love to continue my education, but then the ugly question, “For what?” rears its head. I haven’t actually decided what I want to become yet.

I am going to have a little rant. It makes me so angry that people still want to live under the code of silence. At times, it seems to me as some people who are close to me are ashamed of me. They will introduce me, but leave off my last name, be vague about my past, etc.

I am not ashamed of who I am. It bothers me that 10,000 different headings pop up when my name is Googled, but I take that with a grain of salt. I made mistakes, I made poor choices, but I have overcome. I can live with my past. I may not be proud of it, but it is what it is.

I was laid off in March and my company gave us $7500 to go back to school. I took advantage of the funding and started in June. Ok- I have been out of school for 18 years and my own daughter is a freshman in college this year. Thank God we are going to different schools. How embarrising would that be for your mom to be in your English Comp class? To say the least I was nervous as hell the 1st week. I also felt that I had been intellecually starved for years. I ate up everything they offered. Well, I just had my 1st mid term in Philosophy (we only get this test and then the final so if you suck at your midterm it will really bring your whole grade down) I was a nervous wreck! couldn't sleep, eat, bad dreams of waking up late and missing the test, etc.

If one must learn from mistakes, I've learned a lot.

I made a huge mistake the other day that involves a tanning booth. I’m sure you know where this blog is headed.

Riding around in the convertible with the top down is a beautiful thing. Everything is so open. But putting the top down creates weird tan lines. I teach aerobics, so I am in front of full length mirrors at least 10 hours every week. I began to notice the pale, pale legs, and the tanned upper body. I decided to do something about it. I went to the tanning booth.