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Let's journey together in an effort to process and heal after the unimaginable.
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The Mystery of Suffering (opens the original)
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If there is such a thing as pleasure in this world, why must there also be a second side of that same coin that leads to suffering?I have often found myself wrestling with the strange balance between these two constants. It is a truth no one can escape, yet one that none of us can fully understand. Pleasure and suffering seem to exist in opposition to one another, contradicting and influencing each other, while somehow remaining capable of coexisting at the same time.Too much pleasure can eventu
The First Thing He Forgot (opens the original)
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The first thing the ferryman forgot was his daughter’s name.What had once been second nature to him, had now become a faint memory in the peripherals of his consciousness. That was however, a lifetime ago because now, he could remember her perfectly. As if she were standing right in front of him, holding up a bouquet of mums and narcissus - his favorite pairing of flowers. He remembered every feature of her. The gap between her front teeth when she smiled. The way her loose curls fell to frame h
The Ferryman (opens the original)
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On the shore he waits for the next to arrive,To shepherd the lost to the other side.The boat is only able to carry two,To see the final act followed through.No tears are shed,No wrongs are righted,Just an understanding between the twoThat the ending has already been written.The journey across does not bring grief or pain,Though not every story will end the same.Impartial and honest, the ferryman remains,To guide the souls to their final resting place.Though the sorrow is heavy, the loss is too g
The Long Hallway Home (opens the original)
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Having the ability to bring home a child from the hospital is something I once thought we would never get to experience ourselves after losing our first two sons.When we were blessed with the news that we were pregnant with our daughter after months of infertility, the lingering anxiety of what if we lose her? was always there, lingering just beyond the edges of our hope.After we made it past twenty weeks—the furthest point we had ever reached—some of that anxiety began to loosen its grip, thoug
Live with The Therapist Who Came Undone (opens the original)
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