I’m Not Alone

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!”~ C.S. Lewis ~

As a child, I never seemed to fit in. At home I was the Dudley Do-Right of the family who had a higher standard of conduct and sense of justice than others in the family. I distinctly remember getting upset at the age of 8 or 9 when my older cousin told me she stole some decorative soap from a store. It was a little thing in her eyes, but a huge wrong doing in mine.

At school, I was the only one with divorced parents. I was shy and insecure. It was so hard for me to join in a conversation in the lunch room. I remember sitting with the popular girls, listening to their stories, hoping for something intelligent or funny to share. And when I did get up the nerve to speak, I felt like no one was really listening to me or truly cared. I don’t know if that was true or my own perception, but I think it was a little of both.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!”
~ C.S. Lewis ~

This quote really speaks to me because even as an adult I still find it hard to fit in. Then a couple of years ago I finally found where I belong. I found a group of people that understand me completely. People I feel comfortable and confident enough around to be myself.

They’re those who call themselves writers.

It feels so good to identify with others who know what I’m going through as a writer, trying to raise my family. To have someone actually “get me” is refreshing. Even my own husband doesn’t quite understand the “writing thing.”

But that’s okay. I now have friends who do.