Years ago, a friend who is also a lesbian said to me, “I know you think you’re bisexual, and that’s fine. But honestly? You’re going to wind up with a woman.” Ten years later, her prophecy became reality.

“The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it’s not because they forget; it’s because they forgive.” —Demi Moore in Indecent Proposal

For most of my life, I believed my body made me less worthy of confidence, love, and being seen. This is how I began unlearning that shame—and realized my body was never the problem.