What comes to mind for me, is me loving and taking care of my grand daughter.
I was emotionally neglected and abused as early as an infant and it continued.
My grand daughter spends the day with me while her mother is at work.
It has been so wonderful for me to be able to love on her, care for her and speak words of strength and love to her. I can feel the young little parts of me hear what I say to her and see how I care for her.
My younger parts hear her laughter and her attempts at giving me kisses on my face. I can’t tell you the joy that it gives to them and me.
Internally it has helped them find comfort and a hope of safety. It’s healing what was never there and longed for.
I don’t know if that is what you were asking, but it’s what came to my mind.
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"What is denied, cannot be healed." - Brennan Manning
"Hope knows that if great trials are avoided, great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted." - Brennan Manning
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