Poem: Trauma of the unseen by LaShawnda Jones

Impossible to know if the
Traumatized have no awareness of their state
One revels in solitude because loneliness
has become a way of life

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Imagine a Woman

Imagine a woman who participates in her own life.
A woman who meets each challenge with creativity.
Who takes action on her own behalf with clarity and strength.

Imagine a woman who has crafted a fully-formed solitude.
A woman who is available to herself.

Note to self: Don’t forget to come back….

Don’t forget to come back and embrace a community. Build one, if you must. Don’t neglect the sharing of yourself.

When a Preacher Is Downcast

By Charles H. Spurgeon “Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.”—II Sam. 21:15. “In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things thatContinue