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Survival I am a voracious reader. I read about six books a month and of those six books a month, I find myself reading a few books from the WWII era. I may be drawn into a WWII biography, memoir or a historical fiction. But no matter which of those genres grab my attention, I…

Fearful  Presently, I have the privilege of teaching adults how to swim or how to be better swimmers. Now, instead of teaching reading, writing and math to fourth graders, I now have the privilege of teaching group or private swim lessons to adults with varying skills.  But, before we ever get our feet wet, I…

Wrecked Suicide is a ruinous act. It not only puts an end to one person’s life, it also affects the lives of others in conscious and subconscious ways for years to come. At the time my father chose to end his life by suicide, I was too young to see the events leading up to…

Stuck Naturally, we all grow older, but we don’t all naturally grow up. We don’t stop ourselves from aging, but we can stop ourselves from developing.  When trauma happens in our lives, our emotional growth can stagnate. We get stuck. We keep thinking in the same way about what we think about, yet we hope…