A Broken Childhood
by Lydia Ola Taiwo
Lydia Ola Taiwo is a survivor – a survivor of physical, mental and
emotional abuse at the hands of those who should have loved and protected her.
A Broken Childhood is the gut-wrenching story of Lydia’s childhood, and
chapter after chapter describes what can only be called, the soul of a truly
evil woman: her mother.
Lydia was a child that never experienced a hug, a mother’s kiss, a
welcoming embrace. There was no one to dry her tears, allay her fears, or hold
her hand. She was a child who grew up watching other children take for granted
the love and care she never had.
Thrown on the floor, her teeth broken, her body cut and scarred from the
wire used to whip her, Lydia knew anger, depression, even thoughts of suicide.
But within her, she found a glimmer of strength, an inner resolve to pull her
through the darkness. Incredibly, she came to forgive her parents and now her
life has become a light for others to follow.
“Sorrow may last the night but joy comes in the m