Hello Ashley - my apologies for the very slow reply but I have been offline all week while working.
Thank you so much for your inspirational messages at your "Corner" and for your contagiously positive lines of affirmation!
While every word you have written strikes a chord of the harp that is my mind, "...She needs protection no longer...She is tired of hiding and more courageous than you know...Let her prove that to you...Let her step out of the dark and feel the light upon her face" strikes the chord creating the sweetest note of all.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Today at work, I put your words into play Ashely. Using the courage that I had needed to overcome my fear of physical confrontation for so many years - essentially over-riding my central nervous system's preference for flight, and fighting in order to protect my inner, and imprisoned, woman by demonstrating that I was sufficiently manly - I revealed myself as Bronwynn to, one-by-one, three lovely colleagues. Hours later, I am still warmed by each of their respective responses, all three of which were so positive and so unique as to establish higher levels of intimacy and connection.
I know that I would not have been able to have done what I did today without having read, thought about and, finally, adopting the spirt of, your affirmation Ashley. So, once again, thank you, thank you, thank you.
My hope is that you and your family are well tonight Ashley.
Brynn
