Amy Griffin

I literally live now for that experience to hear other people say, Whatever it is, whether you only tell yourself or whether you go and you share it with your best friend and then that best friend shares it with someone else and then it just shows you. And that's why when I talk about my experience of writing, it's only from my experience.

I literally live now for that experience to hear other people say, Whatever it is, whether you only tell yourself or whether you go and you share it with your best friend and then that best friend shares it with someone else and then it just shows you. And that's why when I talk about my experience of writing, it's only from my experience.

So much of it. But when I look back, I think the process as someone, as a business person, as someone who's a competitive athlete, is the things that I've talked about sorting out over these years of the things that I wanted to. And we can all go through this cleaning your closet phase of yourself. I could throw everything out. that happened to me and say, this was all bad.

So much of it. But when I look back, I think the process as someone, as a business person, as someone who's a competitive athlete, is the things that I've talked about sorting out over these years of the things that I wanted to. And we can all go through this cleaning your closet phase of yourself. I could throw everything out. that happened to me and say, this was all bad.

And it was, that was bad. But I was also able to sort out the parts of myself that I really like or the resilient parts or the parts that were, you know, as I went through this process, as this all unfolded,

And it was, that was bad. But I was also able to sort out the parts of myself that I really like or the resilient parts or the parts that were, you know, as I went through this process, as this all unfolded,

You know, I recognize this, that at one part in the book, I'm trying to do the perfect thing, which is having gone from finding this out to, oh, no, no, no, I'm going to do what I normally do in my life, which is build up castles around me. I'm going to build whatever that perfect word is. And it's all going to be around me so that then no one can touch me.

You know, I recognize this, that at one part in the book, I'm trying to do the perfect thing, which is having gone from finding this out to, oh, no, no, no, I'm going to do what I normally do in my life, which is build up castles around me. I'm going to build whatever that perfect word is. And it's all going to be around me so that then no one can touch me.

Because if I can just do that, then I don't need anyone. I don't, I don't, I can only just, I can give to others. I can make them look good and it doesn't have to be about me. And that's where there was another, you know, it was one process into the next. It went from one, you know, phase into the next. And I only can take it all in now that I've looked back at this process.

Because if I can just do that, then I don't need anyone. I don't, I don't, I can only just, I can give to others. I can make them look good and it doesn't have to be about me. And that's where there was another, you know, it was one process into the next. It went from one, you know, phase into the next. And I only can take it all in now that I've looked back at this process.

I mean, it still continues. The process has continued outside of the book. But there was this place and you talk about this bike ride with my husband where I say to him, you know, John, why do you not have more information about this? You're supposed to be leading the investigation and doing all of this. And he turned to me, and again, he's always right.

I mean, it still continues. The process has continued outside of the book. But there was this place and you talk about this bike ride with my husband where I say to him, you know, John, why do you not have more information about this? You're supposed to be leading the investigation and doing all of this. And he turned to me, and again, he's always right.

He's like my mother, that there's this, you know, he said, Amy, I can't be your husband and love you the way that I do and also conduct this investigation. And here I was putting this on him to say, go do this, this, this, this, and this for me so I can be perfect and build all this up around me so we can get to a conclusion. I can hold this person accountable.

He's like my mother, that there's this, you know, he said, Amy, I can't be your husband and love you the way that I do and also conduct this investigation. And here I was putting this on him to say, go do this, this, this, this, and this for me so I can be perfect and build all this up around me so we can get to a conclusion. I can hold this person accountable.

I can make sure this person never does this again. And then we'll all just move on with our lives. And once again, I've done the thing the right way I was supposed to. I'm a good girl and I have achieved. And that was the moment where I realized that I can't do that.

I can make sure this person never does this again. And then we'll all just move on with our lives. And once again, I've done the thing the right way I was supposed to. I'm a good girl and I have achieved. And that was the moment where I realized that I can't do that.

I can't go inward and take care of myself and all that's gone on and really acknowledge it and have compassion at the same time, which is what the book is about because the book is not... the book of my trauma journey.

I can't go inward and take care of myself and all that's gone on and really acknowledge it and have compassion at the same time, which is what the book is about because the book is not... the book of my trauma journey.

The book is this, you know, it goes all over the place from being this crazy ride of an investigation to the things that happened and to come out the other end and realize, oh, I couldn't do all of that. I couldn't, I couldn't go forward. I couldn't, the perfect piece of that, like solving this. was maybe not what I needed. That's not the aftermath of what I needed. I needed to go in for me.

The book is this, you know, it goes all over the place from being this crazy ride of an investigation to the things that happened and to come out the other end and realize, oh, I couldn't do all of that. I couldn't, I couldn't go forward. I couldn't, the perfect piece of that, like solving this. was maybe not what I needed. That's not the aftermath of what I needed. I needed to go in for me.