There Is A Comfort In Knowing That

Allow Yourself To Release The Emotions You Have Struggled All Your Life To Contain.

No Matter How Many Vitamins You Take, How Much Pilates, You'll Lose Your Keys, Your Hair And Your Memory.

So Often Survivors Have Had Their Experiences Denied, Trivialized, Or Distorted. Writing Is An Important Avenue For Healing Because It Gives You The Opportunity To Define Your Own Reality. You Can Say: This Did Happen To Me. It Was That Bad. It Was The Fault & Responsibility Of The Adult. I Was—and Am—innocent.” The Courage To Heal By Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

What Would People Look Like If We Could See Them As They Are, Soaked In Honey, Stung And Swollen, Reckless, Pinned Against Time?

I Live In Santa Cruz. I Moved Here In 1974 And Couldn't Leave.