What was the motivation to write? #

It started as a letter to my mother. I had lost my mother. I was miles away when it happened. I lost my chance to say the things I wanted to tell her. Unable to cope with her loss, I joined a support group. Someone suggested I write her a letter with everything I wanted to say to her. It sounded so easy. But when I sat down to write, I could not write a single word. I had done many things wrong. I had done some things right. I was a rebellious teenager. I was on the cusp of an age where one turns from teenager to adult. Where one turns from rebellion to gratitude. But I didn"t get to tell her this. All I had left were the memories of the fights, the mistakes. And it was so hard to write. I am sorry. It was my biggest battle, a battle with myself to gather the courage and write. It was easier to write it as fiction. Then the fights became someone else’s fights. Then the mistakes were someone else’s mistakes. One letter became the entire life story that I penned down over the years.

Why share with the world? #

It is my story. I have fallen many times, and I have learnt to get up and fight. I have done this on my own and sometimes with help from others. No one saved me. I do not need to be saved. I am strong, and I will fight till my last breath. I am wild. I will run, rebel, and fight till my last breath. You can guide me, advise me, and support me but do not try to save me.

I am not clumsy. I do not trip when I enter a room. I do not slip on ice. As is the reality of many people, we are not saved. We fight every day to live on. So, if you are someone who does not need to be saved but needs a story to motivate you to fight, this is for you.

Is it true? #

The story is inspired by actual events, but names and details have been changed, and the stories have been embellished for entertainment. But it is the truth because sometimes, truth can be stranger than fiction.