Courage cannot be manufactured. It is cultivated. The desire for social justice comes from an inward motivation to see right prevail. This is the spirit of the words you will read in the following pages. No child should endure the brutality we did, especially not under the pretense of religion. No child should suffer at the hands of his or her guardian. Jocelyn’s story is written so that others will gain strength to take up the cause of fighting for the innocent—so other children will be protected from harm.
