The very last thing I would call it was easy.įlashforward to last fall. And later, to find love.ĭespite the words I used to encourage others to find bravery within themselves, I have to admit it was an emotional challenge to accept returning to my hometown for my ten-year high school reunion years before. My speech was about how I endured bullying for the better part of high school and college, how I came out the other side the person I am, the woman I am, and the love I found through it all.Ībove all, I tried to impart upon my audience how I managed to keep the core of my heart whole enough to move on from the daily brutality of bullying to find who I was as an individual. There was a pregnant pause before the room of people gave me thunderous applause. Behind a podium, I had just finished delivering the words to an emotional speech at a retreat.
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