I left her office feeling silenced, and deeply unsettled. The feeling crept up on me like a small drumbeat, a tapping hidden somewhere in my spirit. I couldn’t pinpoint it exactly, but I recognized it. I had definitely felt this feeling while growing up, but I had ignored it then because it scared me. This time I took note of it. I sat in my car outside the law office perfectly still, allowing myself to sit in the feelings that were rushing through me.
