I'm definitely one of those people who has poured my heart and guts out here. When I "stumbled" in here, I was beyond broken, desperately lonely, and heading somewhere dark that I've been before and didn't want to go again. Because of a bombardment of life circumstances, I had no friends to turn to, and finding BWS was absolutely, without a doubt, the answer to a desperate prayer from a very tender and loving God who knew I needed to be here.

I've probably told too much; I'm (literally) an open book here...yet, very few outside of here know me at all (unless they've read my book). But I share what's going on inside of me for two reasons...first, because I've been very lost and confused and unable to find my own way out and needed to find a safe place and safe people to help me make my journey out of that dark place; secondly, because there is immeasurable, priceless, incredibly gifted wisdom within these "cyber-halls". It's a risk, opening oneself up here, but for me it's been a risk that has brought unimaginable healing to my life, and a wealth of sister-friends who have made my life worth living again.

I wrote in my book about the people who loved me back to life. Well, my sisters here at BWS have loved me into being.

I should add that there is a third reason now for sharing here, and that's to "pay it forward". So many have taken the time to care and support me along my journey, that I want to do the same for others. We've spoken about "wounded healers" here before, how there is great power in the wisdom of those who have "been there, done that" and found meaning and life beyond the agony. I've been touched and healed by many wounded healers here; so when I'm able to contribute in such a way as to be a wounded healer for someone else, it's worth taking the risk of opening up.