Tag: healing
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Knotholes
I’m told that knots are formed in trees when there is a branch that has to be or happens to be broken off or trimmed away. It is, in essence, a scar of something that was supposed to be healthy that was lost. Maybe it was removed because it wasn’t healthy. Maybe it was removed…
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Warps & Twists
Like the bend of the tree from which it was cut is written in the fibers of this lumber, the hard things in our stories are written in our bodies and brains and beliefs… and they can suddenly show up in our behaviors.
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Lessons from The Table (Introduction)
.I’ve been building a table.This series is simply a set of reflections from this journey—particularly in regard to the context of the table itself.
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It Doesn’t Just Melt
The residual trauma inherent with kids from hard places is… ugly. It often gets shoved into a sort of emotional closet on which the door doesn’t quite shut. And it spills out in some scary ways from time to time. And much like the huge, ugly piles of snow and ice… it doesn’t just melt.
Fostering Grace 