If I Learned One Thing in Prison: Lessons from Behind the Fence: Lesson 1: The Truth will set you Free I spent the last 8 months in prison. Literally. I spent the last 20 years in prison. Figuratively. And you know what? The figurative prison was much more difficult than the literal prison. For real. The Truth will Set You Free...Except when it Lands you Behind Bars I spent my 20s and 30s living what appeared to be the perfect and somewhat charmed life to the outside world. I smiled when I was supposed to smile. I cried on cue when I was supposed to cry. And, like so many strong and good Christian women, I sacrificed everything that made me for the sake of everything everyone else needed. And it ultimately destroyed me. It broke me into a million little pieces. And then the pieces shattered into dust. I got married at 20, graduated college at 22, got a teaching job immediately, and started teaching High School English. I coached, led,