Lisa, Unmasked
There have been many moments along this journey of preparation for the blog launch where I have questioned whether starting a social media platform related to anxiety WHILE SUFFERING FROM anxiety really was the best choice. Staring at this blank screen 1 day before launch ( anxiety leads to procrastination...procrastination leads to anxiety & around we go ) is definitely one of those moments. But interviewing Lisa was not. It was a defining moment for me where I knew that working to share real people's real stories was a calling. My first memory of Lisa was of her CRYING 11 years ago when we first met. I think she tells the story differently and says that I was the one crying. Maybe she's right but, my blog? My version :-) In fact, our first encounter was of her interviewing me . Over a decade later and the roles have been reversed. In 2008 Lisa was writing a news article on a major event I was directing for our college campus. The event was steeped in histo...