Brave Enough To Be Bliss

And just like everything else, the harder it was to talk about, the more freeing it was when I found the courage to speak. Heading into the conversation there was some fear, but it was so much more shame than fear. Just ugly, ugly shame. I knew she realized years ago that her mom wa sn’t perfect, but verbalizing the shame and vulnerably showing the emotion that came with it did nothing but strengthen our relationship because it was only then that she knew she could trust me as well as love me.

“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” Elizabeth Gilbert

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