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Tag: flashbacks to childhood abuse

Suicidal Ideation, A New Safety Net, and Action Planning

Jeff, the man of my dreams (although, at that point, I hadn’t told him how I felt about him), was waiting for me at my spot near the fireplace when I got off the elevator and turned the corner into the dining room in the main building of Side By Side Assisted Living.  Lesley, my private duty aide, parked me right next to him.  He had a big impish grin on his face, but when he saw I’d been crying, his grin melted away and he looked concerned.

Jeff with his impish grin

“What happened Becca?” He asked me.

“I’m not allowed to say,” I told him, “But I’m not allowed to have any men in my apartment anymore.”

“Who said that?” he asked me.  “Your parents?  They shelter you way too much, you know I-”

“It wasn’t my parents it was Eve (the owner of Side By Side),” I … Find Out What Happens Next

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Fresh Apple Lotion and Getting Molested by My Best Friend

People might think that living at an Assisted Living at the age of twenty-four would be miserable, but I was living in one of the Independent Living apartments, and it was like having my very own apartment. It was a huge improvement on the nursing home I’d been in for the six months prior. I had made friends with a man named Jeff, who was so cute and attractive and I was completely in love with him (but too scared to say anything), and I’d also made friends with a man named John. I had Lesley, a really kind and caring private aide, taking care of me every day, I was finishing my last few projects for school and then I would be graduating summa cum laude with a GPA of 3.98 from Elms College with a BA in writing.

John and Jeff would come over to my house in … Find Out What Happens Next

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