Staying True
How do you tell a story that isn?t yours"
You don?t.
It?s not a trick question, it?s a real and honest one.
In 2011, when I started this blog, the only requirement I had for myself was to be honest. To tell the truth, even if it was hard and ugly. At the time, and over the years, I?ve done that. Sharing stories about my life as a mother and a friend; sometimes as a wife and a daughter. I took great strides to be relatable. To make my readers feel included and invited. I didn?t want anyone to feel alone. My blog was a way for me to shout, Here I am, I?m doing this too.
And for most of these years, I?ve been here. Doing this too.
Until recently.
For about a year and a half, I?ve had to censor myself. I?ve had feelings to share, but to do so would hurt other people in my life. It would shed light on things that are ugly and, while relatable, hurtful. I thought that ignoring these feelings wouldn?t impact me creatively at all. I thought, naively, I would just write about something else. I didn?t. I couldn?t.
I felt that anything I wrote never sounded as authentic as me being ugly and raw with my words. I?ve written things in this last year and a half. Ugly things. Hurtful things. But they are on paper or stuck in my email somewhere. Those scraps and snippets sound authentic to my ears. Still, I have yet to publish those.
I can?t publish those.
Well. I can. Though at this time it would be costly and hurtful.
Instead I?ve paused. Spending more time i...
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