

Author, 42 years. Life, relationship, grief, and career coach since 2002. ESTJ-A (Executive), sheepdog. Objectivist. Chef. Jack of all trades, master of a few.
I expect there will be some strong responses to my choice to publish these words, and these photos. But this is simply what happened to my body — and to the bodies of other women you know. There is blood, and heartbreak, and pain; and also blood, and joy, and life. If we can’t look at the blood, and read the words, and know the stories, how can we ever hope for laws that honor the women who experience it all?