The Other Side of Reason

Sudden and overwhelming disasters or traumatic events can take a significant emotional toll on survivors, families and friends. 

When we so fear the dark that we demand light around the clock, there can be only one result: artificial light that is glaring and graceless and, beyond its borders, a darkness that grows ever more terrifying as we try to hold it off.

How do we tame this scary beast within us? Can’t we just send it away, tell it we don’t want it anymore?

The ability to keep trying even when times are difficult, helps you reach beyond yourself and discover new possibilities and meaning within your life. 

A mother’s love is absolute, pure, and everlasting. Our moms become the rock on which we stand, the fortress that protects our family, and the strength we thought we did not have. 

Interestingly enough, and as I have discovered, the preference for “survivor” over “victim” is a shift in language that is as much ideological as linguistic.