Unfold is the name of this blog because it’s an idea that I want to write about most of all.

Unfolding is the process of taking pain and guilt and confusion off of the top shelves and out of back corners of our souls, acknowledging them, and maybe one day placing them on the table for all to see.

Imagine your bedroom dresser. It’s full of drawers. Maybe 8. You open each of them, one at a time, and remove the clothes from within and begin unfolding them onto the bed. Yes, they were folded neatly, and some of them you wear. Other items you may have forgotten you had at all.

For some reason, this first step of unpacking and unfolding seems like the best way to begin a habit of writing personal stories of my life in Silicon Valley.

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” – Brene Brown