Dear Anne Frank....it is no longer a secret.
Dear Anne Frank, This morning when I woke up and as I waited for my coffee to finish perking, I broke down in tears. Sobbed. It was not from depression or even because I have to keep facing more and more health discoveries - something hit me. It was the deep ache of realization the every one of us has protected pure evil at some point in our lives. It eats away at our soul, our core, our heart, and our empathy and consideration for others. It's truly sick and twisted - I've been guilty of protecting evil's secrets and I am sure others were harmed from it - actually I am positive. It started when I was a child. I was taught to hide secrets so others wouldn't judge our family for worse -so I did. I kept secrets of the traumatized adults surrounding me. Secrets that no child should ever be taught to keep - a slow and tortuous demise of Spirit residing within creating a shame I had to own on my own and one I didn't ask for - it belonged to the people who harmed...
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