I saw my heartache in print; only, it wasn’t mine. These were the experiences of a 1960s family in Texas. Karr’s familial hurts merely echoed mine.
Tag: healing journey
From Science to Soul: The Grieving Brain’s Guide to Death
The Grieving Brain delves into the scientific and emotional aspects of grief. I cover intrusive thoughts, avoidance, counterfactual thinking, and rumination.
The Secret Language of Fear: It Didn’t Start With You
Until we reveal our unconscious behaviors, we’re likely to persist in repeating harmful patterns. To heal from our trauma, we have to know ourselves completely.
Why Am I Doing This?
I need to give Dad’s senseless death meaning. He didn’t deserve what happened, and if our story can make a difference for someone else, maybe that’ll be enough.
#FirstLineFriday: Welcome to my Memoir
“The urge to call my dad crept into my mind a few weeks before the devil found him dead at his kitchen sink.”