And the day I walked out of that courthouse alone, I didn’t feel lonely. I felt free.
“I said nothing when she slapped me in the courthouse hallway. I didn’t scream. I didn’t cry. I just smiled. My husband looked away and whispered, ‘Just let it go.’ They thought I was weak. They thought I was finished. What they didn’t know? Five minutes later, I would walk into that courtroom… and sit in the judge’s seat.
it waits. I didn’t win because I was smarter. I won because I stopped pretending I was small.
