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I love how you are so eloquently, subtly and convincingly are shifting us readers to simply becoming more aware of our own negative self talk and potentially awakening to being more scrutinizing about just blanketly accepting what the overculture, media, their parents, culture and churches purveyed as a singular version of reality: that is, that women were chattel owned by men and of inferior value to men other than their value as sex partners and "brood mares". That would seem SO obvious to us, but to many that are still so enculturated, that would be an awakening revelation! Hooray for you! I am so grateful you are holding the light up to illuminate simply by your "telling your story", by revealing the truths hidden in coming to full awareness of the gems hiding in simply exploring the path your life has taken. " To find the miraculous amidst the mundane will be a model for all of us to step into more fully.

I also loved how you approached your mothers inability to keep any confidences, impacting your ability to trust or be genuinely intimate with her and consequently with other women. I didn't sense any finger pointing, just simply how her behavior had affected yours. And i applaud your stretching away from constraints and armoring by courageously writing your story! " Writing this column, then is a step for me to test stretching some of those constraints and armoring. They’ve become kind of tight, overly confining. In sharing my writing, I’m finding new strength through affirming the value in my own voice. There is space now to tell my own story." ... And i love your sharing the very rich life story that is YOU Cynthia! Thank you!!

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