Screaming at the Wind
Two years ago today, I filed a legal petition for full legal and physical custody of my children. My world had come crashing down in ways I couldn't have imagined. At the time it happened, I couldn’t talk about it much because I was feeling so overwhelmed and so dumbstruck with the events that I couldn’t form my thoughts into coherent or helpful sentences. Then later when I did share, the words I used were turned against me in a way that has hurt me immeasurably. I have never been scared before to share the truth of my life with the world. I firmly believe we can all learn from each other, and that words are the only way to affect real change. So having my voice taken from me has also been traumatic. I realize that by speaking now, it’s possible I will be misunderstood and hurt again. But without sharing what we’ve been through, it feels like the bad guys have won, the world will never get better, and I am powerless to change any of it. When the newer version of Aladdin...