INTERVIEW DANIELLE WOODWARD
My life changed overnight when my father was killed. I couldn’t get back the person I was before and I couldn’t move on. I didn’t know what to do with my emotions. I suppressed a lot in order to cope but I couldn’t get away from feeling that I now lived in that conflict. I wanted to do something but I didn’t know what. It was the peace process that provided a turning point and I decided to make contact with Patrick.
We are taught to not be vulnerable, but sometimes being brave means showing our vulnerability. I knew Patrick was on the side of the oppressed and may justify what happened, so I thought we would meet only once. He said he was completely thrown by the empathy I showed him, and I knew another journey had started.