Today I am honored to be posting at Jessica Vealitzek’s blog, True Stories. I met Jessica through our collaboration on Great New Books, and I’ve loved reading her work (and she has a novel coming out!). She asked me to write on the topic of when I was the most scared.
It was hard to think of one, to be honest. Outrunning an avalanche on skis in the Swiss Alps as a child? Yes. Having a spinal tap not once but twice, just this past January? Yes. When I thought I had a neurological condition twelve years ago? Yes.
I thought about this one for a long time. And when I figured it out, the words poured out of me. I wrote about a fear, and a pain, that was both incendiary and incandescent. One that made me question everything I thought I knew for sure.
Please come over to Jessica’s site to read my short piece about the most scared I have ever been.
I loved your piece! And that’s a HARD one to answer. I don’t know what I would say – how I would even answer the question – it would definitely take a whole lot of soul searching. Your essay was/is beautiful. As always. And so is Grace. xox
Grace is a beautiful human being and you are fortunate to have each other!