Riley, the more you write and engage with me, the more I feel our paths crossed over far many similar experiences....I enjoy finding our commonalities.

Thank you so much for this transparent reply. I did indeed feel like the big sister to that very innocent and naive self of mine from so many years ago, and yet when the memory was recalled -- there were parts that still shocked me and I thought about how others reacted, the few I told. I wondered how would others see it today?

So I thought -- hmm, what if I just write it as a narrative. I'm constantly thinking I have to teach or inspire when I write-- but I wrote it for myself and then let it go. A couple of weeks went by and I reopened and noticed I didn't complete the hard part.

So the writing exercise of conveying the experience and deciding what parts needed to be described was a learning experience both as a writer and as a woman.

I share that all with you -- so that you may place yours in a draft and let it sit there for as long as it needs to be. And maybe it doesn't get uncovered. But, it is therapy - personal and in writing.

Thank you so much reading and sharing your comment with me Riley -- it means the world to me. Big hug!!!