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Diana Hinkle's avatar

Compassion, I like that word. I am going to try to have compassion for my self next time I blow it. Thank you Karen.

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Karen Sargent's avatar

Please do! We tend to be our own harshest critics and that's just wrong. We need to imitate God's loving compassion and tender mercies.

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Shannon Guerra's avatar

Such an incredible post. I relate to so much of this as an adoptive special needs mom. Our adopted kids experienced early childhood trauma, and then our whole family experienced trauma as we went through years of loving them through brokenness and healing...and you're so right, "healing" has never been the instant, solid, finale we've always wanted.

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Kathy Herring's avatar

Very insightful, Karen. Thank you for teaching us about trauma and healing.

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