When I went to Vietnam solo for 2 mos. a few years ago my family said how brave I was to do it. I was shocked by that, I never thought it a brave thing to do.
What was brave were times they never acknowledged. Like me getting through over 4 years of extreme pain, 2 surgeries, & > 3 years in bed. None of them visiting, caring, or helping.
Or whistleblowing & standing up for myself in the workplace, As they blamed me & let me fall into poverty. #metoo
I am brave. But they never saw it.
