"The Impact of Revealing a Long-Held Family Secret"

The author shares her family's struggle with keeping her father's HIV diagnosis a secret in the 1980s, the stigma and fear surrounding the disease at the time, and the impact it had on their lives. After her father's death, the family broke their silence by writing a book about their experience, leading to a sense of relief and support. The author reflects on her own journey of processing and finding meaning in their experience, and now speaks openly about it to help others put down their unspoken burdens.