Chrysalis

My own metamorphosis’, to become the confident, courageous woman I was meant to be

Colleen Millsteed
7 min readJul 31, 2021

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Chrysalis. My own metamorphosis’, to become the confident, courageous woman I was meant to be. Written by Colleen Millsteed.
Photo by Joshua Torres on Unsplash

The year is 1991 and I live in Kununurra with my husband. Unfortunately, marriage does not suit either of us. We tend to live our own lives, while residing under the same roof, with the exception of when he would get drunk. Then he would take me on an extremely abusive, physically and emotionally, wild roller…

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Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.