A true story of survival, hope, and healing. STORY BY REEMA SUKUMARAN PHOTOS BY KAITY CANCEL DESIGN BY DIANE MYERS
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Warning: the following story deals with abuse and may be disturbing to some readers.
y heart filled with so many nostalgic feelings as we turned off Old US31, greeted by the Andrews University globe statue. The Welcome Globe wasn’t there in the 80s when I was a student, yet it sat there like it has belonged for decades. My girlfriend and I were back at Andrews for her son’s graduation. I was immediately taken back in time as we drove through those entrance gates, remembering the rush to
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make curfew, and hoping the security guard was someone we knew. Lamson Hall has not changed much! I remember the very first day I arrived as a student, driving up with my parents, feeling apprehensive but also excited about my new school. My home, up to this point, was living with an extremely physically abusive father and my mom was the textbook ‘battered woman’. My two younger brothers and I grew up never knowing exactly what would 2021 ISSUE 12 / ENVISION / 47
