Inspiration. Such amazing strength of spirit. Words of such encouragement - resilience - inspiration - hope - written even in despair By two young, heartbroken, high school students who survived a deadly horrific trauma. Surprised and terrified by a horrible act of fatal violence in their very own school. Needing to express their overwhelming feelings, two of the drama students wrote this … [Read more...]
What is Christmas Without Music?
Music is a must in life. And Christmas is just not Christmas without music. Not for me anyway. Music can soothe the soul like nothing else. It can create joy and smiles when the heart is heavy. It can create a spot of hope, even in the darkest moments. Music reaches deep within where nothing else can touch. With that in mind, I've decided to share some of my most favorite Christmas carols with you today -- … [Read more...]
Kathy’s Video Comment: Self Injury and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Hello Everyone, The last posts have been about Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder. A typical close neighbor to feeling depressed and struggling with the after-effects of trauma is addressing the self-injury monster. Self injury, self destruction, self harm -- and the numerous ways to say it -- are some of the most read about topics on this blog. There are lots of folks wrestling with these … [Read more...]
10 Comforting and Corrective Truths for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
Every survivor of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) that I know has a lot of enormously difficult days when they struggle desperately with feeling bad, feeling lousy, feeling at fault, feeling pain. Those struggles can last for years. Healing does come, but on those difficult days, remember what is true. When the hard days come, it might be hard to remember.... It was not okay that anyone touched your … [Read more...]
A Story About Jasmine
Hi Everyone, This beautiful story was sent to me via email. I didn’t write this story, but I thought it was so heart-warming that I would pass it along to the rest of you. I hope you like it as much as I do. ===== In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had quite … [Read more...]
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