Dear Reader Column 02-21-07

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Dear Reader,

The creative stuff in my life, especially writing, usually comes after a little bit of torture. If I actually described to you what most days are like when I'm writing, you'd wonder, 'why does she do this for a living?' But the torture always leads up to the good stuff--I swear it does.

It takes a lot of digging to recognize the good stuff and I never find it until I've waded through a mess of emotions. I don't always like what I find, because I might be in the middle of a column about my father or how I really feel about something and suddenly there it is--the truth that's been hiding all these years. But after a good laugh or a wailing cry, I'm always glad I went there, even if it's not a happy ending. For me it's better to know the truth.

I grew up with an "elephant in the room," people pretending because they didn't want to admit the truth. So it took me a long time to trust my own feelings and to recognize that the really good stuff in life--is always worth the dig.

Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.

Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com 
http://www.DearReader.com

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