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My friend Nyanlow called me tonight and left me a voicemail. I haven't been a very good friend to either Nyanlow or Uwase with everything that's gone on this past year, and there's no way I could ever explain it to them. I'm extremely open about my last relapse and subsequent efforts at recovery, but how on earth would I explain it to these women
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She is a strong woman, and with that she will also be an understanding woman.
I find that the Sudanese women have huge capacity to understand, empathize and even forgive (not that you need forgiveness, I'm referring to those in the Sudan that have done horrible things to the women there). I think those qualities are a lot of the qualities that got them through the horrors they survived in the Sudan.
They don't come to North America as bitter hate filled women, they come with open hearts, and open minds, full of grace and gratitude.
Your friends will not think less of you. You wouldn't be ashamed if you had of been battling cancer. So don't be ashamed to have been battling the disease of addiction.
They'll see that you have struggled, but you did not give in. You're fighting back and winning.
They'll understand that and they will see you as a strong woman fighting for your life, just as they did.
Please call her.
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