First Mistake

D.J. Chang learned early in her life to explore the big questions. When her childhood caregiver died she began to hear from him with both questions and answers. Through all her struggles and challenges she felt his guidance and support. She could face the setbacks she encountered because of the constant sense that he was in her corner. When she came out, when her beloved struggled with AIDS, when she worked for marriage equality she did so with the confidence gained from a spiritual viewpoint developed over time with her earliest teacher. How did this develop over time? What allowed her to trust this voice within her? And what lessons has she learned?