The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
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It was the hopelessness of feeling trapped and the anger of being unable to set myself free.
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But I know, the hardest things to prepare for are sometimes the things that we already know.
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In sound, the disturbance is a vibrating object.
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Though we might try to forget the past, it does not forget us, and like the tide, it returns, sometimes with great force.
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How do we take responsibility for the things we did when there was a gun to our head?
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though the cure is the truth, it can be the most painful therapy.
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It can be helpful to know and understand the motivation of the person who hurt you in order to forgive them, but it is not necessary, because forgiveness is a solitary act that requires only one participant.
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Making amends is not the same as forgiveness. It is undoing a wrong.