Have you ever looked in the mirror and seen a stranger looking back? I had that experience for the first time recently. I saw a woman who was powerful & full of fire, who had been through a great deal but was unshaken nonetheless. I saw bravery and I saw relentless strength. I had never met her before. She was a stranger to me. That moment was swift and it was startling. I saw within her eyes flickers of her former selves - the ones who had been wrapped up in insecurities, or