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From: Anita Blom
Date: 03 Oct 2008
Time: 03:06:01 -0500
Remote Name: 62.80.192.10
Hi Brandi! Thanks for reading my articles. I hope my words can help people to not stay stuck on one place, but to move on, as life's too good to go to waste. And we're too great people to keep on hiding. Yes, today I can say "This is me... take it or leave it" attitude. But that took me many years of tears and pain. I changed my perceptions when I hit rock bottom. I had two options: up or out. And luckily some people came on my way who pulled me up before I managed to get out. They saw ME instead of the stutterer. They liked me as a person and thought I did a good job at work. So I dared to show the real ME, more and more. But the major trigger was when I found out there were more people like me at the age of ... 27! Why didn't anyone tell me I was not alone doing this crazy thing I couldn't understand??? I suddenly saw things very clearly. I could talk. I had a husband. I had a job. I had friends now. So I wasn't any no-use-idiot after all, as people made me believe in my younger years. I had a Halleluja moment. An "I have a dream" and wanted to share this. And sharing a problem makes the problem smaller. Sharing friendship makes the friendship bigger. So by sharing, I grew as person. And could make other people grow. I still don't think stuttering is a gift, but people who stutter have enriched my life. And I hope I can pass that on. Keep sharing! Anita