Relief Doesn't Mean Healing

Why I don't write about my sexual abuse or shooting trauma

After what has felt like the longest year of our lives, we had our first visitor from Texas last week. He’s a dear friend, but since we lived in different parts of Texas, not a friend we saw often. He and Nate have become close over the past year and we were glad to make a spot for him in our lives last week, giving him the space, wilderness, and water …