Dear Anita,

i like that you are drawn to this:

the truth shall set you free.

I never understood it until it was used here by you. Thank you for elucidating this for me. A common phrase that was meaningless to me prior.

Speaking my truth is not only writing it here. Speaking with my husband, hearing it in my head. Speaking my truth is speaking it always beyond all odds, not covering up. Sure this does not mean speak it to anyone and everyone. But it does mean that I am allowed to be honest if the opportunity arises.

It makes it real. It validates what I have been through, but more importantly the Incredible healing that must occur now and over time.

Speaking the truth sets me free from her. It does not create angst. It does not create resentment. It will differentiate my story from hers. Because as I know now my story is not hers. It is my own