15. epilogue

It's not an easy life here. I think that's completely false

and I don't think it can change that much.

My day-to-day life here was incredibly difficult because I was given this enormous amount of trust

From my parents and from my community here to figure out who I was and what I wanted to do with whoever I was.

I was left to myself which was terribly intimidating

Since I don't know who I am.

But being forced to deal with that, in a way

By no other outside source

eliminated for me the possibility of blame.

There was just no quitting because there was nothing to quit.

You had this feeling. You had this knowing that

You were the one who was imposing this and you had to deal with it.