My Pain is My Legacy

About the Book

Growing up in a fast, dysfunctional world was normal for Alex. Everywhere she went, she was subject to abuse. She would catch the public bus at the age of eight years old in the rough city streets of DC. In the 1980s, watching drunks and drug addicts crowd the bus stop was everyday life. Forced to become street smart after being a ward of the courts for eight years, Alex thought things could not get any worse. Not surprisingly, they did. After trusting someone that she thought had her best interests at heart, she soon finds herself married and pregnant at the age of fifteen, and now a domestic violence victim. Determined not to let her present dictate her future, she began to reach out to God, with writing as her key to all her misery. With faith and strong determination, she changed her life path from being an abused child sexually and physically. As you read this book, you will learn to allow the inner child in you to speak and brighten your path while you discover that until you release your past, you too are still a child within.

About the Author

Alexandria lives in the suburbs of Maryland with her lovely children. She is a successful business owner, motivational speaker, and author; she began to write at the early age of eight years as a method of coping. Her first book ever written is also in print, Nato the Little Tomato and His Big Adventure, the first in a series of children’s books. Alexandria is also a member of the NCA (National Children Alliance). NCA helps communities ensure that children are not revictimized by the very system designed to protect them. Alexandria has also joined forces with RAINN (Rape Abuse & Incest National Network). RAINN carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure that rapists are brought to justice. My Pain Is My Legacy is a refection of a woman’s thoughts on life, as half-child half-adult. This book holds the innermost darkest secrets that have clouded the woman’s heart, body, and soul. This book contains the key to releasing all the past pains and allowing the inner child’s voice to be heard. Every time this story is read, it helps the inner child to finally rest in peace. Based on a true story but written as f ction, you will discover what a world looks like from the eyes of an abused child whose voice was left unheard. And you will experience the reward once the pain is released. I always looked for love in everyone I allowed in my life. At the beginning of this book, I was lost. I thought everyone loved and looked at life as I did. At the end of this book, I learned life and I found everything I ever needed and wanted within myself. I am finally free and loving and spreading self-empowerment wherever I go, and it feels good. Most importantly, my inner child is at rest.