Cierra Ledbetter

“He grew up in a house where feelings weren’t expressed. So he learned to keep secrets. I grew up in a house where every feeling was not just expressed but declared loudly and processed loudly. Secrets were kept, but they always found their way out in moments of emotional explosions and bold declarations. I couldn’t understand why he was so quiet. He couldn’t understand why I was so loud. We were just two people crying for more emotional depth but had not a clue how to get there.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again