July 24, 2009SpeakStrong: She doesn’t know she gets to have a voice
A dear friend called recently to engcourage me to write a book for kids. She told me of her niece who sat silently at a hearing while adults discussed her future in terms that she did not agree with.
My friend worked with her niece to find what she had to say. She summed up her niece’s dilemna by telling me, “She doesn’t know she gets to have a voice.”
I know that one! If you ever question your right to have a voice, read my article Some Boats Need to be Rocked.
And there are times when I still question my right to have a voice. But when I figure out HOW to say things, the question of whether to say things gets answered.
The book for kids…well maybe some day. I write simply because in many ways I’m writing to the kid in others and in myself…the kid in us that does wonder if we get to have a voice at times.
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