Her Cross to Bear

We all have our crosses to bear, problems that cause trouble or worry which may continue over a long period of time.  Some of the things that go bump in the night turn out to be real and she experienced creatures lurking in the shadows, monsters hiding underneath her bed and living in her closet and she was always too frightened to go into the basement.  She knows that people think she is crazy, but most of her life has been like a being on a tour through Dante’s nine circles of hell.  What is “normal,” anyway?  Are any of us normal?  Aren’t we all a little crazy in one way or another?  Maybe a line needs to be draw somewhere, so it is never crossed.  What caused this transformation in her life, where did she go wrong?

Her uncle groped her when she was nine and the kids in the…