Secrets of a Broken Heart

My story of survival

I am a survivor who has a lot to say now that I have my own voice, and turned a life of unknown early childhood sexual abuse into a positive and powerful force for change in my adult life. Over these years while recovering and healing from revisiting my childhood past, I Authored and self-published three books on my survival of childhood sexual abuse trauma.

My name is Cristina. I am the author of Secrets of a Broken Heart. The Exile Years. Spirit of Love and Life After Death. Cristina is the only name that truly belongs to me, even though I have been someone's daughter, someone's wife, and someone's mother. These are titles and not who I truly am. You see, I was given away at birth and the only thing that truly belongs to me and is mine, is the name “Cristina”.

Cristina’s House of Hope has evolved from the life lessons I have learned to now, which provide me with a solid foundation to draw energy, motivation and direction to then support others who need the services that are not currently provided in the current structures in our communities.

For me it has become a job to bring these issues on childhood sexual abuse out into the open. I thought to now that writing and publishing these books, talking openly to people about sexual abuse on children, then getting these self published books out there into the libraries, was enough for my part.

It’s never enough! It’s a constant battle to free us from the enslaved mentality of the past, even though it’s an individual journey for everyone to get out of prison. If we choose to look for answers within ourselves we will find ways out of our prison cell.

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If we are to survive as a healthy people, we need to first clean out the debris left behind by our ancestors heavy footprints in our genetic DNA code.

We don’t see or address the real issues of childhood sexual abuse or face the fact that mental health, depression and other diseases in humanity stem from that.

We all start with an idea, then the work follows. I want to be actively involved in doing something constructive about filling in the gap in support for others, by raising funds for a safe house for women and children in crisis from sexual abuse and most importantly, to raise awareness of the plight of the multitude in crisis.

I know a little of what it is like to stay trapped in a lifeless lifestyle, hiding my internal pain. From this, my own childhood horror survival, and the Life After Death, I myself lived as the adult-child, Cristina’s House of Hope evolved.

I have openly shared my story in the hope that we as a community will rally together to build such a house for survivors.

As survivors or victims of this crime we face a stigma in our society that is only attached to and carried by the recipient of a crime and not the offender or abuser.

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	My story of survival I am a survivor who has a lot to say now that I have my own voice, and turned a life of unknown early childhood sexual abuse into a positive and powerful force for change in my adult life. Over these years while recovering and healing from revisiting my childhood past, I Authored and self-published three books on my survival of childhood sexual abuse trauma. My name is Cristina. I am the author of Secrets of a Broken Heart. The Exile Years. Spirit of Love and Life After Death. Cristina is the only name that truly belongs to me, even though I have been someone's daughter, someone's wife, and someone's mother. These are titles and not who I truly am. You see, I was given away at birth and the only thing that truly belongs to me and is mine, is the name “Cristina”. Cristina’s House of Hope has evolved from the life lessons I have learned to now, which provide me with a solid foundation to draw energy, motivation and direction to then support others who need the services that are not currently provided in the current structures in our communities. For me it has become a job to bring these issues on childhood sexual abuse out into the open. I thought to now that writing and publishing these books, talking openly to people about sexual abuse on children, then getting these self published books out there into the libraries, was enough for my part. It’s never enough! It’s a constant battle to free us from the enslaved mentality of the past, even though it’s an individual journey for everyone to get out of prison. If we choose to look for answers within ourselves we will find ways out of our prison cell. You are on English Page 19/ Continue page 20 If we are to survive as a healthy people, we need to first clean out the debris left behind by our ancestors heavy footprints in our genetic DNA code. We don’t see or address the real issues of childhood sexual abuse or face the fact that mental health, depression and other diseases in humanity stem from that. We all start with an idea, then the work follows. I want to be actively involved in doing something constructive about filling in the gap in support for others, by raising funds for a safe house for women and children in crisis from sexual abuse and most importantly, to raise awareness of the plight of the multitude in crisis. I know a little of what it is like to stay trapped in a lifeless lifestyle, hiding my internal pain. From this, my own childhood horror survival, and the Life After Death, I myself lived as the adult-child, Cristina’s House of Hope evolved. I have openly shared my story in the hope that we as a community will rally together to build such a house for survivors. As survivors or victims of this crime we face a stigma in our society that is only attached to and carried by the recipient of a crime and not the offender or abuser.