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CHAPTER 13

Hope on the Horizon

(Giselle)

W
ith all the crazy going on with the job and Leroy’s drinking,

my girl Christine, knew I needed some professional help and
suggested I seek therapy.

I was breaking, I could not stop crying. Christine recommended
Dr. C., a psychiatrist, who was an older black sister from the island of

Trinidad. Dr. C. is another one of God's guardian angels. She is a petite
sister who was always dressed to kill; she reminded me of someone

who had gone to the training school for the elite. She was very formal
and helped me weekly to make sense of my life. She would always

address me by my married name, Mrs. Thornburg, and the way she

said Mrs. Thornburg made me truly realize that I was nothing like a
Thornburg, which was a very formal family.

I saw Dr. C. every week, just to have an outlet to cry. It was so
hard to get up each morning and continue daily activities. My life was

totally out of control. I would cry to Dr. C. weekly because I could not
understand how I was the one who had ended up in therapy. I knew

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