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NONFICTION | MY STORY
A Trio of Events and Phrases Loosened the Clog That Stifled Her Voice
An empty nest, a cancer-riddled friend & an affair
For most of her marriage, her voice remained plugged up inside her.
She hadn’t always been this way. As a child, she spoke her mind. Curiosity and questions poured out of her on a daily basis.
Her husband neither appreciated nor nurtured that side of her. It rattled his need for authority and control. So he handled her inquisitiveness with dismissive words and let’s talk about it later’s.
But later never came so the voice remained clogged up inside her and feelings of not being worth it grew. Their marriage maintained this status quo for nearly 25 years.
Then a trio of events and phrases occurred which loosened the plug that held back her voice and altered the course of her life.
An Empty Nest
The first component of this trio arose when her oldest son headed off to college. Her mind fast-forwarded three years later to when her youngest son would make that same trek.
She envisioned the nest she’d created at home to be empty of its joy. A strong pull to follow her youngest out the door began to brew…
