"A distant memory
The plush of pink blooms
Playing upon the psychosensory
With its gentle perfume." -CA67-
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Christianne Smith
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Expat 🇨🇦 writer & poet who loves her husband, three kids, & their husky. Passionate about books, botany, photography, & coffee. 🦄 Unapologetic progressive liberal Democrat, a contented Atheist, & an Ally 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
![Screenshot of the part of Emily Doe's (Chanel Miller's) statement, read out in court before sentencing, in which she spoke of the effect of the rape on her sister:
When I see my younger sister hurting, when she is unable to keep up in school, when she is deprived of joy, when she is not sleeping, when she is crying so hard on the phone she is barely breathing, telling me over and over again she is sorry for leaving me alone that night, sorry sorry sorry, when she feels more guilt than you, then I do not forgive you. That night I had called her to try and find her, but you found me first. Your attorney's closing statement began, "[Her sister] said she was fine and who knows her better than her sister." You tried to use my own sister against me? Your points of attack were so weak, so low, it was almost embarrassing. You do not touch her.
You should have never done this to me. Secondly, you should have never made me fight so long to tell you, you should have never done this to me. But here we are. The damage is done, no one can undo it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jmt42zmpu4lclvy5ccgofah/bafkreiagppxxu25ug7rfsylh6jxl6u46566hwt5xyxjcd57jfbl3m2hyli)
