Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.

I used my captors names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.