title: How I Learned to Count.
abstract: This is a poem about surviving familial childhood sexual abuse and the healing I found through the beauty and spiritual growth of motherhood.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication , San Diego Mesa College.
authors.forename: Sakeenah Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Gallardo
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*