The Pain hidden in my past...

Last night a friend of mine had a gig and sang a few new songs that he had written. Little did Chris know that he was writing right into the pain I have hidden in my past... pain that I haven't fully dealt with. He couldn't know how much those words would mean to me.... but now, today... I'm different.

I'm still wounded... still crying in the dark corners of my heart for the person I was...the person who was lost all those years ago. But I'm learning how to be the new person I am becoming... and his song offered a glimpse of the love and understanding that friends can provide through the pain. They cannot erase the pain, they cannot walk this path for me - but the love and acceptance and support of my friends makes my own path straighter and more clear.

Thank you, Chris, for the words you wrote that touched me right where I was hurting. You will probably never read this - and that's OK - but I needed to say it.
"You are stronger than you know"