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Cilla's avatar

With Mother’s Day approaching I hold a special place in my heart for you…

Are you familiar with the poem Maud Muller? I’ve loved this poem since I was a teenager (probably longer than you’ve been alive 🤣) Most feel the last few stanzas point to regret ~ loss and longing and for many, many years so did I. I never got past “what might have been”. Just recently I’ve come to see ~ feel the hope offered in the closing lines. I don’t believe this life on earth is the end game of our existence. I would pray you, too, could feel hope…

“God pity them both! and pity us all,

Who vainly the dreams of youth recall;

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,

The saddest are these: "It might have been!"

Ah, well! for us all some sweet hope lies

Deeply buried from human eyes;

And, in the hereafter, angels may

Roll the stone from its grave away!”

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Kimmer O's avatar

Kansas was and is my home. “Home, home on the range…” not so much, more like small town vibe with rolling plains nearby. Carrie may you continue to find glimmers….recently read about them: “Glimmers are small moments that make us feel a sense of calm, connection, peace, and safety. They are the little things we notice that instantly elevate our mood, even when we are feeling down or are in the midst of a bad day. Comparing glimmers and triggers is another way to understand them….Glimmer is a term coined by licensed clinical social worker Deb Dana who specializes in treating complex trauma through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. While many of the particulars of Polyvagal Theory have not been proven empirically, the general theory and other similar theories about the role of the nervous system in healing trauma are regularly used in therapeutic settings.”

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