This is honest . This is fact. This is graphic. There are pictures and there is descriptive account of a violent assault. Any names that appear in photos or text have been previously released by law enforcement to the public through many different local and national news mediums. All I ask is for you to pause and reflect before commenting on my experience with the knowledge that I am still on this journey, I am human, and most importantly I'm not holding feelings of rage, revenge, hate, anger, or righteousness or justice. I forgave my attackers within hours of waking from my coma and I do not need pity or want praise for that . If you harbor those feelings because you have your own experience that you find relation to mine with, I get it.

But I'm not going to carry that weight as my own and I wish you strength and self compassion on you own path. I do not want conflict, I'm too tired and too old and too busy picking up the pieces of my soul and my life to care to fight. I offer my respect and my promise to take different perspectives and remain honest and to listen and communicate clearly as I can thru the stages of this experience . That's all I can offer. Thank you for Understanding.~Ali