Finding Me

Ciara is a 16 year old girl that lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her mother and her step-father. Ever since she was 13 she has been witnessing her mother getting beat and abused by her step-father. One day when her step father got drunk he went in her room and abused and raped her as her mother just sat there crying. Eventually from all the "attention" Ciara was receiving from her stepfather her mother turned on her and started to mistreat her. Ciara soon meets a boy named Chris that she trust and just feels comfortable around. The more Ciara and Chris hang around each other the more she realizes how young women should be treated. Through her journey of finding who she is she not only finds herself but realizes what life means to her and why people say "what doesn't break you will make you stronger".