I Am Looking For Someone Who Will Accept Me For Who I Am

Years ago I was attacked and then held prisoner in an abandoned house by a mentally ill combat veteran (Vietnam) armed with a surgical scalpal. It was a horrifying situation. I finally decided I would have to fight my way out of it; me vs. someone muscular and a foot taller than I am. After a quick prayer, I waded into it. I felt this was almost surely my last hour alive on Earth.

I still have a small scar under my left arm (the scalpal) and one of my teeth had an injury to the tooth root that is still a dental problem now and then (my attacker's right fist). And basically, I've given thanks to God that I survived this attack.

Of course, the physical side of it was a triumph for me. Mentally, I have suffered a lot processing the experience. For one thing, I had very little emotional support after this
attack. Neither the policeman who came to take my report nor supposed friends were kind, respectful or helpful in any way. It took me a few years to look in the mirror and see a survivor, a frightened young woman (I was 20) who found the courage to fight someone much bigger, taller, stronger and meaner than she was. The attacker was convicted of the attack, given a 5 year suspended sentence. No one I knew ever spoke of it to me again. But when I look into the mirror now, I see that my own hero is looking back at me. I know that faith in one's own courage and in God can save your life.

It's women. There's no such word as women's when women itself is plural