Desi Lydic

And...

that I'm not there anymore, that there was abuse, that there was trauma, that there was shame, that there was, like, gender dysphoria and, you know, working single mom, working four jobs and not ever having enough money and all those things.

But...

I'm not defined by those things that happened to me.

I'm not defined by what people said to me and how they treated me.

Because as an adult, I'm responsible for my actions now, and I'm responsible for my mental health.

So I'm good.

And without a test, there's no testimony.

So this book is my testimony.

And if anyone is going through something out there, and we all are, and particularly if people are telling you that you can't do this because you were born in a certain place, or you were born with a certain skin color, a certain gender, or ethnicity or religion, this book is about transcending

what other people think about us, the limitations they put on us, the limitations society puts on us, and transcending the limitations we put on ourselves to ascend, to transcend into our anointed selves, the person that we were meant to be.

Yes.

Do you want to talk details?

Yes.

What was that process like to write through that?

Did you find it healing?

Did you find any sense of closure?

Or did you find yourself getting re-pissed off?

Re-pissed off, re-traumatized, triggered.

There were a few chapters where in the rewrite, like the second rewrite, I had a, like, I felt empowered after some of the later chapters.