Rage Rising: My Walk Through the Dark Tunnel of Anger
By Bonnie Lacy
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I had totally closed myself off from other people—my family, my friends. I knew I had stacked up every brick, slathered on the mortar of anger, to keep this wall up. I also knew that each brick had to be taken down, and it would be painful. I am going to be BRUTAL, but in the scheme of things, would I have played it differently if I had ha
Bonnie Lacy
Bonnie Lacy is an independent author of fiction, nonfiction, devotionals, and many short stories. She lives with her husband, her certified car consultant, in small town America where most of her novels take place. She loves the weird things: sink holes, caves, exploring cemeteries, old store basements where you might be glad you are wearing boots. Somedays, she primes the writing pump by doodling—find samples on Instagram: @bonlacy. Visit her at: www.bonnielacy.com. Twitter: @BonnieLLacy.
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Rage Rising - Bonnie Lacy
Part I
The Set-Up
1
Rich’s Accident
That Early Morning Call
It was a cold December morning in 2003, the day after Christmas, when my phone rang.
Bon?
My husband, Rich, choked on the words. Bon. I’m okay.
Any conversation that starts off with I’m okay
can’t be good.
Yeah?
I was still groggy and my head dropped back onto the pillow. I squinted at the clock. 6 something a.m.—hard to see. Good grief, he had just left on a haul to take classic cars to a customer. I must have fallen back into a deep sleep.
I was in an accident. But I’m okay.
He still sounded strange, like there was a catch in his voice, but it was early and maybe he had caught a cold.
I still hadn’t figured out that he had just been in an accident!
Honestly? I was thinking I could go back to sleep for a little bit. I was still exhausted after all the celebrations. The kids were still home. Our first grandchild was here, probably close to waking, his baby tummy growling.
But something or Someone gave me the boot I needed to get out of bed. I finally got the idea that this was real and I needed to get up and dress and go.
Rich told me where he was and I hung up. I probably put on the clothes I had worn the day before—my Christmas Day attire. From there on, things are kind of a blur, but I definitely remember fumbling with my car keys. If I had to wake kids to have them move their vehicles so I could get out, I can’t remember.
Barely daylight, I started off to where I thought Rich was, but met an emergency unit. At about that same time, I got a call on my cell phone (thank God we had those then). It was a friend who was an EMT and I believe a