Brooke Nevels

And that's one of the reasons that it took me so long

to write the book because this is you know it's called unspeakable things for a reason even to talk about it is still terrifying and I mean why is that my my story has been out there for years but it's never really been my story and this is a story my complaint

was about what happened to my body.

I am the primary source in that story, and yet I am the last one to get a voice in it.

Why is that?

We should all pause and think about that.

Because it is almost an impossible position to be in, even to talk about what happened to your own body, your own experience with these things.

And it shouldn't be that way.

You know, I talk to her about it in all sorts of ways now that she doesn't even realize that I'm talking to her about it.

She, you know, she heard me say a bad word while I was driving.

And she then said that bad word.

And her brother told on her.

I asked her to tell me what happened.

And she said, no, I don't want to.

I don't want you to be mad.

And I said, sometimes in life, people are going to be mad at you.

If you're ever going to stand up for anything, people are going to be mad at you.

Sometimes you have to tell people things they don't want to hear, and it's going to make them mad.

And I know how hard that is, and I know how scary it is.

But if I'm mad at you, it's not going to be the end of the world and you will get to know that you did the right thing, that you told the truth.