Rebecca Balfe is a former editor for Love What Matters. She resides in NYC, owning and rescuing adorable cats. She is an avid Lupus fighter and advocate.

Rebecca Balfe is a former editor for Love What Matters. She resides in NYC, owning and rescuing adorable cats. She is an avid Lupus fighter and advocate.
“Words soon turned into actions. I had my lunch spat in, my hair cut, school bag turned inside out. I had my whole culture mocked out of sheer ignorance.”
“I found out I was pregnant the morning of my grandmother’s funeral.”
“I was quiet. I didn’t want to cause a scene. I didn’t know better.”
“I’d walk my dog and people would scream things out of their car windows. I even lost out on job opportunities because I did not ‘look’ the part. It was time to do something.”
“I never in a million years thought I’d be divorced, but I’m not ashamed.”
“’You don’t deserve this pain. Not only that, you don’t deserve anything which has been done to you to cause this pain.’ I believed her.”
“You won’t break them.”
“I sat in the car after carrying a kicking and screaming Luca, who yelled, ‘Help Me! Listen to me! I don’t like you!’ clawing at my arms and pulling my hair as we passed a security guard.”
“I was the fat kid in school, and given the nickname ‘Big Mike.’ People thought I was tougher than I actually was. ‘Nothing will happen to me because I’m young.’”
“’I will find you.’ I packed the car with my daughter, and drove to the gas station. I didn’t even know how to put gas in! I realized it’s time to change people’s perceptions about abuse.”
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