Since starting this website, I have received well over 2 thousand email messages from abuse survivors around the world, all asking the same questions: "where can I go for more support?", "Who do I tell?", "What will happen to me once I do?", "Will my mom or dad hate me?" I was left with a feeling of frustration, and I felt I had to do something to make support more available, so this is my plan. I am launching a magazine called Abuse: The Survivor’s Magazine, Hope for the Victims. I need a great deal of help to get this off the ground. I also need feedback from my readers so I know what you think of my idea. This monthly magazine will be the first of its kind for we, the survivors. It will touch on every aspect of abuse, and it will be for everyone. It will be an interaction type magazine. Each letter I received will be read and then published without names. You the publisher of the letter will then receive a number. This number will be unique in the sense that thousands will read your letter and respond to your questions or even just your story by issuing their comments to you using your number. You then can send in another letter or reply. I think you get it. It is way to get the support you so desperately desire and deserve. I plan to use part of the proceeds from the magazine to establish Melanie’s Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization with centers all over the world. These centers will provide victims with a safe place to go and people to talk to who can help to guide them in the direction of healing with no pressure and also the prevention of abuse of every kind. We will continue to support you throughout your life, when you need it. Especially once you meet someone special that you want to share an intimate relationship with but feel withdrawn or embarrassed. We will also be there for you as you will become part of our lifetime family. We feel it is important to also be supportive to you once you have children. You will find yourself wanting to protect them and yet feeling you are not doing enough. With caring loving support we will help walk you through this process. I am asking for your support. If you feel this is a magazine will help you, or someone you know, please let me know if you would be willing to purchase a subscription. Your support will give me more leverage when presenting the idea to potential investors. My plan is to have this magazine in circulation by the year 2012. Together we can make this happen. I am dedicated to making a difference, and I will never stop because this need exists and sadly, will always exist. I love you all, and I will be the strength and voice behind each one of you. Please email me with your comments. And keep the letters coming!

A special note of thanks to all of you who have sent email to me expressing your love and prayers. And especially for the people who have sent me your personal stories of abuse. I get so many emails, it's difficult to answer them all, but I will try to get back to each and every one of you. To the people who have lived through abuse, never stop telling your stories. It will both help you heal and help others who are hiding in shame to realize that they shouldn't be ashamed and that they can heal.