And now I’ve lived so much of my life without sharing who I am with them, that I don’t know how to start. I don’t know how to tell them that this version of me they’ve seen for so long is not necessarily true to me anymore.” “You say that. Exactly that.” “They’ll be hurt, Mabel. My family loves me so much that to find out I’ve been lying to them all these years—” “Exactly, honey. They love you so much. Honesty is a gift, Annie. And if you really love them, too, you’ll be honest with them about who you are.
