Clay Lonis, a personal friend of our co star Bernie visits us and shares his absolutely mind blowing life testimony of being born into a world of neglect, abandonment, starvation, violence and extreme sexual violence. He is a big believer that your history doesn't determine your future. Clay shares that he was raped for a period of 6 months by young adults in his neighborhood at the age of 6 years old. He credits his little sister with being the only one that stopped this horrendous abuse. His sister took on the mother role in his life, because his mom preferred dating around and leaving the kids to fend for themselves. When it came out that he was raped his mother beat him up for it. She knew the entire time but didn't care. After she beat him up she sent him to school and told him to tell his teachers he was in a car accident. The counselors immediately recognized that this was not a car accident and CPS got involved. One of his step dads committed suicide and the next step dad was also extremely violent. His name is "Uncle Nasty". Clay used to be chased around the house with a 2 by 4 and lived in terror. Most people that hear his story are shocked to see him smile and be a normal person. He has conquered and overcome a lot of things. His Dad started Clay in martial arts at a very young age, but was in and out of his life. His grandfather was a pastor and the only example of a positive male role model he ever had in his life. Clay says that most men have no idea how much of an impact they have on their sons and daughters lives and what a bigger impact they are going to have if they are not there. Clay's teen and young adult life was littered with bad decisions until he hit a breaking point. He tells us that he just recently reconnected with his mom after 23 years, because he has a 4 year old daughter and wanted her to know her grandmother who has changed for the better. He has forgiven his mother for everything that has happened to him. He says with forgiveness there need to be boundaries. Clay talks about his anger issues and that fear drove him. He got kicked out of college because of a fight with the basketball team. He was angry but inside he was always scared. This story breaks down the walls of fear, hurt and anger and its benefit is freedom with a true understanding of forgiveness. From all the torment and struggle he does have severe PTSD. "The most poignant moment of the show was when he tells us under tears that he told a christian counselor that he always remembered the beginning and the end of the rape - but he never remembered the actual act itself happening. The counselor said : Let us ask Christ where he was when this was going on. They prayed and while they prayed he envisioned what he was going through as a kid and then he saw Christ covering his eyes." The entire studio was in tears. He says that it was because of God's protection, covering his eyes and plucking his ears when he needed it, that he was able to thrive once away from the abuse. Question of the Day: Would you be freaked out if you found a camera in your partner's room without knowing?