"WRITING YOUR TRUTH"
In reading various comments from authors who courageously have written, and published their life stories, I observed them feel some type of way after the fact, due to family anger, shame, and disappointment: Family, whose reactions were to no longer speak, to distancing themselves. I can relate to their concerns and dilemmas. After writing my story, I had fewer responses from my family, which can lead to personal assumptions. I believe when an author is writing about a parti