Tag: trauma
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Alive to the self
My daughter is 6 years old, and it has taken me her entire lifespan to fully return to myself. Within hours of her birth, I had suffered a massive postpartum hemorrhage. This was not the near-death experience of white light and angelic voices. It was the terrifying experience of being trapped in my body experiencing…
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Healing a broken world starts with us
The more we attempt to make sense of the tragic events that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT last week, the more we realize how impossible a task that is. It is a raw and gaping wound, a trauma we all share as a collective community. The morning of the shootings, my husband…
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