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"The Sound of Music" by Alexandra Goodwin

 – What a Wonderful World

What was the purpose behind losing my voice?

"The Sound of Music" by Alexandra Goodwin
Randell Jones - voice
 

Alexandra Goodwin is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She lives under her mango tree where her desk is except when there is a hurricane. She’s the author of Exchange at the Border, Whispers of the Soul, What Color is Your Haiku?, and Caleidoscopio. Her essays and poems have appeared or are upcoming in Ariel Chart, The Centifictionist, Loch Raven Review, Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly, The Miami Herald and Twists and Turns. This is her second story for the Personal Story Publishing Project.

Author’s Talk

Alexandra Goodwin

When we lose something, we look for it, and usually find it. More times than not, we get relief and go about our merry way. But what happens when you can’t find what you lost? When your loss is beyond your control? And even better, what if you can’t find what you lost but find something else instead? 

When I lost my voice as a result of surgery, a plethora of issues emerged, questions I had to struggle to find answers to, and I had to make compromises I would have never even considered making when I was well and whole. 

But like any loss, after the grieving period I found a rainbow that led me to a profound lesson, comfort, and a new way to perceive life in general. 

As of the writing of this essay, my voice has slowly come back, albeit differences in pitch and volume, but it has taught me that nothing stays the same, everything evolves constantly, and challenges bring new ways of finding fulfilment in life.Alexandra Goodwin

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