My resolution:
To begin speaking... to end my silence...
To love and learn... to teach and inspire...
And for all of You, my Hope and Love.
Happy New Year!
P.S. That's my Grandmother with her first car at 18. She hopes to be enjoying many more New Years'... I hope so too!
P.P.S. That goes for you too Mom & Dad!
But I need to. I do not want to write these words at all. But I must. I am not yet sure why it is so important, however I am hoping that the reasons will become apparent to me as I write. perhaps they will become apparent to you, the reader, as well. Perhaps not. This story's reason is known only to itself. That might imply the story has a life, which of course, it does. Does not every story have a Life? Doesn't it come Alive to the reader? A good one does, but you sense I mean more than that, don't you? True, it is more than that. This story Lives.
I have tried to not tell it for many long years. Yet I have always known I Would tell it. A contradiction to be sure, but one I am sure is familiar to most people. We often know certain events will take place, even while our conscious selves refuse to acknowledge the inevitability our inner self is so sure of. No matter. For what it's worth, I have avoided it will all my strength, and That is quite considerable.
What makes it so important? I can't tell you. I can only tell the story, and I as I have mentioned, let IT tell you all you need to know. It won't come quickly.
It could shatter Your world, but most likely it will make no difference whatsoever. None.