How long before my dignity is reclaimed?

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

When I was 11 years old and I was on a road trip with my family. I turned to my dad and said, "Do you believe in Adam and Eve?" And he said he didn't think so. I remember that felt like a slap in the face, because if my parents questioned Adam and Eve, then they potentially questioned everything within Catholicism. Eventually that idea led to my feeling liberated, but at that time it was very scary.

Profanity is merely an expression of one's emotions

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

I started writting songs when I was really little because there were things I could say through songs that I couldn't verbalize any other way. Writting was something I had to do.

When someone has a very urgent response, I think it just means that it's triggering something in them that they may not necessarily want to think or talk about - which I see as a positive thing.