19 19 Sherry SherrySherrySherry knows she is changing, much of the intended metamorphosis having already taken place. She can feel it within her, see it in the ways her new world has begun to normalize, and the old world stands next to it in such obvious contrast. In Atlanta, the change feels positive. It has been achieved through a painful growth, one requiring sacrifice and intentionality, but the benefits of her decisions surround her, enshrining her and her sense of purpose and place in the ever growing expanse of this thing called life. She went home for Christmas for two weeks, but when she saw her college friends, the changed Sherry felt incredibly out of place. Here, in the environment where the former Sherry had shined, this Sherry felt shabby and out of step with the people

