The Authentic Eclectic

How Fear Cornered Me Like a Malevolent Ghost

Until I let love vanquish it

Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash

Throughout my life, I was scared in my various homes, and I was scared in my own skin. My first childhood home had a sign on the door, “No Solicitors!” If anyone dared knock, my dad would boom them away with his pounding voice, “Did you read the sign? No Solicitors!”