A few years ago, Erica Ferencik, a stand-up comedienne and novelist in Boston, told me about a secret her mother kept till the day she died. Like Eli's, it's a story about the uncanny power of the truth.

Has silence stood in your way or in the lives of family or friends? Contact me at tony@tonykahn.com.

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