/the preface cont’d
It’s intimidating… sharing on a public platform.
It’s so intimidating that I decided to use an entirely different name than the one everyone in my ether knows me as.
Does this make me a traitor to my true self? No. I’m still me with the same experiences, the same values, and the same stories that are itching to escape me…
/the preface
Like Herb Farmer says about his son Frank Farmer (played by the young and talented Kevin Costner) in the award-winning 1992 Film with Whitney Houston,
“If something scared him, he’d just keep doing it until the fear went away.”
/an introduction
“Olivia. Babe.” The gorgeously confident voice said.
“It’s going to be just fine.”
“Hmm, will it be?”
“Baby girl, you have nothing to lose.”
“True. I’ve been there. Done that.”