True Stories

#1: He was one of my best friends in elementary school.  We did just about everything together – rode bikes, played cops and robbers, had slumber parties, went to the movies.  You name it, we did it.  He had a younger brother and an older sister.  They were all adopted and came from different biological families.  They seemed to be happy with their adoptive parents.  They lived in a nice home and attended a very good school in suburban Atlanta.  They were provided for in every way.

One day one of the children could not keep the secret any longer.  I don’t recall which child it was, but the truth came out.  All three kids were being sexually abused at home.  The things those kids were forced to do are unspeakable.  I was in the fourth grade at the time and vividly remember my…