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loginWhen I first wrote rst wrote The Way I Used to Be more than a decade ago, Ihadn’t planned for anyone ever to read it. I wasn’t sure I would be able to share something so personal with the world. I was just
writing it for myself, to work through my own thoughts and feelings as a survivor, as well as someone who has known many other survivors of violence and abuse.
But when I began tentatively sharing what I’d written with a few close friends, it
became clear that this story was bigger than me. And I started to hope it could contribute something meaningful to the wider conversation.
I always had my own private thoughts about what happens to Eden after the story ends. But when I wrote my
final draft in early 2015 I couldn’t bring myself to write an ending I didn’t believe in my heart could really happen. And I also couldn’t bear to give Eden an ending that was anything less than she deserved. So I left the story off with a hope, a wish.
Eden’s story is many things, but at its core it’s about finding your voice, and in writing it, I found mine. In the years since, I have seen the courage and bravery of so many people during the #MeToo Movement, refusing to be silenced, fighting to gain even a modicum of justice.
