7. Sharing Traumatic Memories for the First Time

Sharing traumatic memories for the first time is scary as hell but as liberating as the Fourth of July. Traumatic events become memories. Sometimes the mind seals these memories so tightly you don’t remember at all. Often bits and pieces of the memory torments your...

5. 10 Steps for Listening to Traumatic Memories

If you have a friend or loved one who has gotten emotional, angry, or had to leave an event because something triggered a memory of their past you may have an opportunity to listen to traumatic memories. Senses seal traumatic memories as a way for the mind to protect...
6. Hopelessness and Suicide versus Choosing to Live

6. Hopelessness and Suicide versus Choosing to Live

Driving home from the county jail my mind busy processing what was happening. Could life get any worse, I couldn’t consider any way it could. The arrest, trial, sentencing, loss of income, and loss of opportunity loomed large. As bad as life had been I had hoped this...
Big G little g what begins with g?

Big G little g what begins with g?

Big G little g what begins with g? Identifying objects by the first letter is an activity used to teach people the relationship between a letter and its sound. Giraffe and gold both begin with g but represent the two different sounds of the letter. There are different...

Anxious Mom

Anxious Mom Trusts Praying Mom Motherhood is no laughing matter. I have prayed with Mothers of sick babies. Kindergartners before the first day. Before middle school. Before the first date. I prayed during the pregnancy and delivery of my grandchildren. Mothers of...