Minutes before saying ‘I do,’ I locked myself in the bathroom to calm my nerves. Then, the door opened and I heard a voice that shattered my world: it was Jerry, my fiancé, confessing the cruelest truth.

of her own making. The world around Sofia seemed to pause in disbelief, but she had no intention of letting her life be defined by the events of that day. There was too much left for her to do, too much to reclaim. She had spent so much time trying to fit herself into someone else’s mold, someone else’s dream of who she should be. Now, it was time continue reading …