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Shattering Safety
Every move you make, every step you take, I’ll be watching you. — The Police, 1983.
I’ve been called many things in my life, some complimentary, some not so much. But there are 2 things I had never been called, dishonest or fearful. In fact, I prided myself on being neither of those things.
I enjoyed being the one person in people’s lives that would forge ahead into the unknown, the person who stared adversity square in the face and said, “ Whaddaya got?” I survived an abusive relationship, a stalker, raised 3 kids on my own and went from restaurant supervisor to nighttime call centre employee to the holder of a Bachelors degree to a holder of a Law degree to a successful lawyer all within the space of 10 years. There was nothing in this world that could break me and I loved feeling 6 feet tall and bulletproof! I was THE SHIT, for real! Or so I thought.
I also enjoyed being the one person in people’s lives that would give them the straight goods, the unvarnished truth. It was, and is, my firm belief that if you’re not dealing with the facts, you’re not going to accomplish much.
When it came time to end my marriage of 12 years in early 2014, I figured those 2 qualities, honesty and fearlessness, would hold me in good stead. Rather than…
