It will never be the same

But it is going to be okay.

These traumas – the silent ones – they do not get to have a pity party. There are no prayer chains, meal trains, or GoFundMe’s. You don’t talk about it. You can’t talk about it. So, it sits heavy in your body while the world keeps spinning, and you do your best to smile while your heart is clutched in a vice. 

I don’t know if you have experienced this kind of trauma, where there are lies, betrayal, and absolute shock. These don’t make it on the prayer list at church.

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