the reality is posttraumatic growth happens more than posttraumatic stress. - David Kessler

study the way of life in the northern indigenous villages of Australia. One of the villagers told her that the night someone dies, everyone in the village moves a piece of furniture or something else into their yard. The next day, when the bereaved family wakes up and looks outside, they see that everything has changed since their loved one died — not just for them but for everyone. That's how these communities witness, and mirror, grief.

The time will come when memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes.

. . . even twins are not here to go on each other's journeys. We have an individualized flight plan.