Pig Pens and Lilacs / Loving.Losing.Leaving

1st in Series......Her husband's voice on the phone jolted her. I can't take any more, she thought. One roller coaster day Lea was forced to revisit those things that had formed her personality. She finally realized her true self had been stashed away somewhere. It was in there alright, next to her heart, waiting to embrace her and tell her she was finally going to get a chance to escape all the ugliness. It wasn't a bolt of lightning that awakened Lea. It was a simple realization, a remembrance of recurring cycles. She was a talented person and she saw the opportunity to let it all out. I HAVE to break the cycles she told herself. I can no longer let them repeat over and over. That's who I was, not who I AM. The hot tears were filling her eyes - again, and the determination in her soul and in her heart helped her to picture the path she must now take. But how? And when? Follow Lea through the first phase of her escape from 'was' to 'be'. She had to get rid of the pig pen images. If she didn't, she didn't think she could survive.