And the crowd goes wild.

There was a small crowd cheering at the finish line of the "Race to stop the silence and stop child sexual abuse" which I ran in on Sunday.  As my friend and I got closer we could hear them yelling for people; I was excited and proud of myself.  The friend I was running with is in the process of training for a marathon which 30,000 people will run in.  I turned to him and said, "I'm sure when you cross the finish line at the marathon the cheering will be much louder; but in my head this is just as big."

Today was my last day of school for this year.  I'm halfway through the MFA program.  My critique was yesterday and it went well.  Today there were more critiques and now... SUMMER BREAK.

I'm glad the school year is done.  Tomorrow I leave for Minnesota.  I'm completely excited to be there with some of the people I love most.

The first time I went to an SIA meeting (Survivors of Incest Anonymous) I sort of laughed under my breath when everyone held hands at the end and said, "Keep coming back, it works if you work it, so work it cause you're worth it."  But it is true.  It is possible to heal from trauma and from the trauma of child sexual abuse.  I am the proof.  And I'm more than that too.

I'll write more soon and post images while in MN.

xoxo