After pouring my heart out to my grandfather, it felt like a weight was lifted off my chest. For too long I was silently suffering, running from my past but now it caught up to me and it was time to set it free.
With the warmest smile, my grandfather out stretches his arms pulling me to my feet. “Firstly, I’m proud of you for being honest with yourself.”
These words tugged at my heartstrings. I was afraid of the judgment and disappointment that I was sure to find in the eyes of others, I was bracing myself for it, but with Grandpa G, it never came. Yes my faults and failures laid bare before him but there was no condemnation in his voice. Nothing but love. However, he did not trivialize the matter or down play it. “Ryder” he continued “now it’s time you come clean and be honest with t
