The Corridor Moment
- caroline borishade
- Apr 25
- 3 min read
Not every turning point is loud.
Some are quiet. Private.
They happen in unexpected spaces, like corridors, where two women sit down and healing begins before a word is spoken.
That day I met Lisa, not for the first time, but for real.
We were seated beside each other, and I wasn’t in the best headspace. You know the feeling, present in the body, but carrying weight in your soul. She looked at me and asked a simple question:
“Do you want to talk?”
And something in me said yes.
We stepped into the corridor. I didn’t know what I was going to say. I just knew I needed to be somewhere else. Somewhere safe.
I didn’t know that Lisa had walked through her own storms, ones that, strangely, mirrored parts of mine. And in that moment of unexpected connection, she said something that caught me completely off guard:
“Do you want to go to the chapel and pray?”
Here’s the twist: Lisa had already told me she doesn’t believe in God. But she knows I am a woman of prayer!
But she does believe there’s something greater.
And that day, she reached out her hand, and I took it.
We walked to the chapel. No prayers were spoken out loud.
Just presence.
Just her hand holding mine.
She reached for my hand.
And I took it.
I didn’t hesitate.
And I wept. I wept in the silence. I wept in the stillness.
Because somehow I knew this was divine.
I rarely allow people in. But this? This was different. This was sacred.
There was a reason for Lisa. Another piece in my jigsaw. God sent. Purpose woven.
Timed perfectly.
Not because I felt alone, I am accustomed to God’s presence. But because He sent someone tangible, someone human, to sit in the silence with me.
No words. Just tears. Just knowing someone was with me in the flesh. That healing was happening right there in a quiet chapel, witnessed by someone who didn’t even know she was part of my restoration story.
Destiny Doesn’t Always Announce Itself
That moment in the corridor reminded me of Esther. She didn’t know her influence until it was needed. She didn’t know her courage until the choice had to be made.
Esther rose for such a time. And Lisa sat with me at such a time.
We never really know when healing will start or who will be beside us when it does. But when it does, we remember, mark the moment, and invite others in.
Lisa has become one of my five, my inner circle. She’ll be on the very first episode of my podcast. Because she was part of the moment.
Your Corridor Moment Is Coming
Esther didn’t set out to be a queen. She didn’t ask to be pulled from her people, her comfort, or her quiet life. But when the moment came when purpose called, she didn’t run from her past. She rose through it.
And she didn’t rise alone. She had Mordecai, her reminder, her challenger, her voice of clarity in the storm.
Sometimes, your rise begins with one person sitting beside you.
Esther 4:14B
"Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
Maybe you’re reading this, and you’re carrying something quietly.
Maybe you need someone to ask, “Do you want to talk?”
Maybe you need a hand to reach out in a moment that doesn’t require answers, just presence.
This is your reminder: You don’t rise alone. And you were never meant to.
Written by: Caroline
Founder, Rise & Reclaim
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