Finding a Voice

 Today I understood one thing — my dreams never deceive me. Somehow, they always foreshadow the truth. What hurts the most is not the truth itself, but the fact that you lied… just like always.

  Someone truly understands another person’s pain only when life makes them experience it themselves. Empathy is not taught through words alone; sometimes life teaches it through situations. For the past three and a half years, I worked with complete sincerity, dedication, and commitment, always giving far more than what was expected of me. During one of the most difficult phases of my life, when my son was in the ICU, I hoped for at least a little understanding, empathy, and fairness from the institution I served wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, the lack of support and justice caused me immense mental stress and emotional pain. I never expected special treatment — only humanity during my hardest days. To those who questioned me asking, “Why can’t you come for just one hour?” — it is not merely a one-hour process to come to an institution and take a class. During the toughest days of my child’s life, as a mother, my foremost duty was to stand beside my son. In such circumstances, ...