But I was good at this whole duality thing. Why? Well, #1 I'm a Gemini. And #2, I made an art-form out of living a double life during my emotionally conflicted teens when I was torn between the worlds of a.) pleasing my religious mother and b.) living authentically. My high school experience was a mash-up of school followed by ballet class, weekend rehearsals, and homework. Plus, home Bible study, 5 meetings/week at the Kingdom Hall, and preaching the "good news of the Kingdom" from door-to-door.
I didn’t cry. Nope, not a single tear. Okay, that’s a lie. But it wasn’t until I got on the phone with my BFF and admitted I had been dumped by my husband, that the floodgates opened. Not only did I feel dumped, but I felt discarded and abandoned as if the love between us had never existed. The pain, fear, anger and hurt that had been shrouded in SHOCK finally became tangible during that call to my BFF.
