The Orphanage by the Lake

by Daniel G. Miller

The assault doesn’t end when the attack ends. It stays with you, hiding behind every door you open, every corner you turn, even haunting your dreams.

But the world tends to take our hopes and dreams and steadily beat them down until they become something else entirely.

The abusers always blame everyone and everything but themselves.

People think that we’re defined by the big moments in our lives: births, deaths, successes, and failures. But I think the little moments matter more because those are the moments that shape your self-perception and who you want to become.

“You can hope for the good times, but it’s the bad times that make you.”