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10/30/2014
Dear Dr. Laura,
I found you again, after several years of not getting to hear your show and advice, my wonderful Sirius radio has brought you back to my car. And, after listening for a few weeks, I'm almost in awe of the influence you had on me and I didn't even know it.
Several years ago, I listened to you daily. I loved your style, appreciated your candor and took many things to heart. At that time, I was going through a divorce, raising two kids alone and was caring for ailing and dying parents. I was drowning. No one on the outside knew my struggles that I let surface when alone at night: the fears, the wonder of how long I could do this and the plain, enduring fatigue of the demands on me.
Because I grew up as an athlete, I was disciplined and learned young that you pushed through whatever you had to push through. In fact, I lived because of it - As a college student, I was slammed by another skier into a tree. I died on the slopes, was resuscitated and airlifted to the hospital. After awakening from a coma, I spent 2 months flat on my back with a reconstructed face, plate in my arm, skull fracture, crushed pelvis, speech aphasia, and the loss of my short term memory. I had no idea if I would walk again and what other life challenges I would face. Fast forward: I walk, had children and dance.
The nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from listening to you were never so blatant that I knew it was happening. Instead, it slowly crept into my parenting, my relationship with a demanding mother and my career. You supported me when I didn't even know I would need it. I just wanted you to know, there are so many times you say something and I have an epiphany. I'm thankful to know when I did feel alone and doubtful, you had given me strength to be what I needed to be. Even when I didn't know where it came from.
Thank you,
Kyle (female)
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