**Trigger Warning: Contains talk of child abuse and sexual assault**

Every Friday in September we will release parts of this interview with Anna Stoddard as part of our Survivor Series. Anna lays the foundation of how she grew up in an abusive home, how that shifted her ways of thinking, and how she met her soon to be abuser. She would spend 6 weeks of hell in his grasp, only to escape and find herself at a crossroads. This is part 1. 

Anna Stoddard is the published author of the book Hiding In Plain Sight: A Story Of Kidnapping and Rape. You can find her book on Amazon, and on her website https://annadstoddard.com/