Nine months have passed since I wrote the first sentence of my story. Since then, a lot has happened. I have experienced many things, thought for hours, and pondered until I had a headache. I have doubted and questioned whether it was right to make my story public. These doubts were sometimes quiet and sometimes loud, so loud that they screamed at me to make myself invisible and disappear from this world. But I did not listen to them. I have evolved, done things that gave me strength, and drawn new courage from everything that has happened. I have found my way to live with my past, and I want to continue on this path. That is why I have now decided to put the next chapters of my life on paper. Lucy.