On losing your voice - and how to reclaim it
It's been a while. Precisely 6 years since the last post. This time has seen us through a lot. Post graduations, weddings, therapy, medication, a pandemic, a cat, a garden, taller siblings, and more gray hairs. And somewhere along the way, I seem to have lost my voice. Do you know what happens to thoughts unexpressed? It's like putting lentils in a pressure cooker. Turn up the heat, and eventually, you're still left with lentils. But just super mushed up. My thoughts and words were very mushed up. 'Are' very mushed up. But here I can safely say no one will read my thoughts. As I lay watching Meghan Markle self-reporting her agonies during her time as a Royal on the "Harry and Meghan" Netflix documentary, I realized I could try and take back some control of my narrative. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Meghan. But her journey has definitely inspired me to find my voice. And so, on this platform, where I know no one will come seeking my words, I ...