The Spoken Truth

Dear Delyara, I finally had "the talk" with my sister. I’ve been holding onto my resentment for five years, letting it poison every holiday. I was terrified she’d yell or walk away. Instead, I just said, "It hurt me when you did that." We cried. We talked for three hours. The weight that’s been sitting on my chest for half a decade is gone. I realized that fear is a liar—it told me that honesty would destroy our relationship, but honesty was the only thing that could save it.