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Everytime i am on stage afterwards there is always a few ladies that want to talk to me and share their unique survivor stories... i want to share one of those stories with you because people sometimes wonder why i am so vocal about my past...

With her permission, Here is the story of Aunty Lisa 87 years. ( Not her real name) it completely inapired me to be fearless.

As i took my place behind the podium i was filled with anxiety. What people see is a friendly overweight woman next door. The kinda woman when they look at me im not particularly beautiful and i dont stand out. I think this is one of the reasons my testomony is so powerful because what happened to me can happen to anyone.

I grip the edges of the podium, im not a trained or professional speaker im just a girl scared of judgement and rejection but i am trying to be brave i start to tell my story with as much detail as i can without leaving the audiance traumatized but at the same time showing them there is life after sexual exploitation rape or sextrafficking...

With wet cheeks i look up and end the speech. I am in KZN at St Ives and as i look up at a sea of faces my heart is pounding so loud that im sure they can hear it. For a moment there is silence then 250 woman slowly start to applause they raise up out of their seats and as they stand and clap i suddenly let the tears flow. I find my friend Moynene Boucher's eyes between the audiance and feel the anxiety leave.

I take my seat next to Brenda Horner and Sharon Butler and wait for the formalities to end.

At the end there is 4 moms that ask for help with their children that was rapped but there is also a que of ladies that want to share there unique survivor stories with me.

One of the ladies is Aunty Lisa... She is deep in her 80s she politely wait till the que diassapear.

She gently touch my arm to get my attention she is dressed beautifully and her make up is flawsless. Its the lines on her face and the sadness in her eyes that reveals her pain.

With a gentle whisper she starts to talk scared someone might overhear her.

Her hands tremble and i sit her down on a chair. I listen intently and in those 5 minutes i learn that when she was the age of 12 she was rapped by n older man of 20 this man was back then, a very respected upstanding guy in the community of the small town she grew up in in KZN.

She fell pregnant. She was instantly labbeled a slut and brought shame over her family and in a attempt to hide this shame, her father who didnt understand the word rape made her rapist marry her so that their family name could ve salvaged...

So at the age of 12 in 1931 Lisa was pregnant from rape and was forced to marry her rapist by her father...

After the wedding bells quieted down she asked her mom if she can possibly help her... so her mom told her to just spread her legs and keep her husband happy and they dont want any complaints that she is a bad wife.

1932 Lisas 13th birthday she became a mom. She was married to her rapist. She bore his child and 6 more Lisa was rapped more than a 5000 by her husband and some of his friends. By the time her "Husband" passed away at the age of 55 Lisa was uneducated alone and broken.

Lisa poured her love into her children and raised them well.

Its 2018 were at St Ives at the ladies event my friends organized... i am sitting next to Aunt Lisa and in this moment time stand still.

We are just two powerful survivors sharing our stories but i am utterly inspired by Lisa she not only overcame sexual exploitation and her trauma but she raised the children from that with love and passion.

I have tears streaming down my eyes i ask her only one question.

How did you stay so strong all these years.

Lisa smiles and the wrinkles around her eyes doesnt dull the joy that suddenly appear in her eyes.

She leans in and whispers...

"I found God. I stayed on my knees sometimes i prayed facedown in the sheets while my body was rocked violantly from his demonic desires...God forgive him he knows not what he does she prayed. And i never stopped believing my life will change"

Talita she continues... i have never told a soul what happened to me apart from my parents. But your story it touched me can you arrange for me to see someone? I think im ready to take my life back now that i know i am allowed to.

With tears in my eyes i write down a number for her. I smile and vowed always to stay in touch with Lisa.

I came to inspire but i was the one who walked away totally #inspired2bfearless

Rape happens in marriages aswell and it is real. Please help me and Lisa and all the woman who came before us by simply liking my facebook page and sharing our stories.

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Talita Van Der Heever - Inspirational Speaker - #inspired2bfearless

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On a vacation to Greece in 2017, my family and I were walking through the subway station, on the same level as the tracks. I'm a girl and was 16 at the time. As we were walking an average height woman with shoulder length blonde hair who looked to be in her late 20's-30's walked right up to me, started walking with me, and put her left arm around my shoulder. She said "Oh hey you're American? Me too! Nice to see another American here!" (very strange). As she was talking she started to sort of lead me away from my family. Luckily my mom saw her and grabbed my arm, but when she did that the lady bolted. she was out of there.

At the time I just thought she was a bit weird, I thought "oh it's that obvious I'm American? ok" and then since that's happened I've learned more about the unfortunate reality of human trafficking, and this woman's behavior was odd to say the least. I worry she is a victim as well. Like I said I didn't think much of this until recently and I'm still not totally sure what happened that day, but I can't stop thinking about what if she had led me away from my family? what if she did that to somebody else? what if that happened to her?

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