Oh how I’ve debated about sharing this. But I’ve learned the power of a story. The power to motivate, to inspire, to move. In this case, the story holds an extremely important power: to let someone else feel that  "I’m not alone". I’m NOT ALONE in this.

If this story reaches one other woman who releases tears she’s been holding in for months or years, or allows even one woman to breathe easier because she knows her thoughts, her experiences are not unique to her – that someone else MIGHT understand – then this will have been more than worth the time and vulnerability.