At 12, Diana attempted suicide. She was a victim of child sex slavery and the nightmare of her life had become too much. Today she loves life. She has been reintegrated after living in our safehome. Diana has a roommate (another girl from the Round Home) they both work at the same job and share an apartment. When asked about her time in the Round Home, this is what she said…

"I used to be like this leaf.  When the storm comes, the leaves of the tree fall. Just like the times when I felt that I was the tree whose leaves all fell, hopeless. I felt that my life was hopeless. I felt that ever since I was born, I have always had problems as if I was conceived in problems. And then I was like a leaf that was withered, lost, dead. I felt dead during those times when I felt all alone in the world. I felt hopeless. Now, I am like a big, strong tree.  It is so strong that whatever typhoon comes, it will not fall. It will still be there. Even though some of its branches are gone, the tree will still sway happily as if declaring that she continues. There may be many storms but the leaves continue to move with meaning. Like me now, if I did not come to the Round Home, I would be hopeless like dead, giving up every time something bad happened to me. But now I’m different. I’m like a strong tree that no one can fool anymore. I cannot be downtrodden and laughed at anymore. Here in my heart is what the mommies in the home have taught me. They are people who loved me, who valued me, at a time when I thought I was alone. It was here that I felt love. It was here that I became strong. It was here that I became strong. It was here that I learned how to be loved, and how to love myself and other people and God. I shall not be moved."

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