I don’t want to reach the end of my life having been admired for being measured, careful, and safe. I want to have lived truthfully

Here is the prophetic truth that must be spoken: A cause that abandons compassion for punishment and control while demonizing others will lose its soul.

What these women offered me was not correction from the outside but transformation from the inside. They offered invitation—an invitation to become someone I did

Yes, I knew I had broken the rules, and I admitted I’d made bad choices. But that was not the end of it. I was

Total dependence on others for my daily care stripped away ego and any sense of agency. I was immobile, unable to have a shower or