tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post9105868973278383174..comments2024-03-28T11:14:24.118-07:00Comments on Chicken Blog: Sorting, SoothingNatalie, the Chickenbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-5998470496844107032020-11-01T08:23:32.332-08:002020-11-01T08:23:32.332-08:00You know, I am glad it's not something you'...You know, I am glad it's not something you've seen too much of... I have been very deliberate about not publishing every last detail, or coming to the blog every time I am dealing with it. Still, to process and release, it helps me to write some of it down. It was a head-on collision, a drunk driver left her lane in a turn. Thank God I was alone. It's been a longer, more painful journey than I would like to think is possible-necessary. <br />It's left me, I hope, a far more compassionate person... I feel so much empathy for all the people living with trauma, and it's not hard to realize that is a lot of people, and I think about how people cope, and wish that everyone that needs a pillow or a dog, or quiet space, or candles, or to scream, could find their release, their healing. And this is another reason I say something about the accident, about the challenges, and things that help... in hopes of helping others feel less alone, or confused, to normalize the process of recovery.<br />GretchenJoanna, thank you... knowing someone is listening, will engage with me about it, is comforting too.Natalie, the Chickenbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-10984718152559954052020-10-30T22:01:47.443-07:002020-10-30T22:01:47.443-07:00I must not have been reading your blog during that...I must not have been reading your blog during that time... or I forgot that this happened. I'm glad you wrote about it -- that is good to know about the pillows! It sounds agonizing to have to deal with the business side of an event that far back at the same time the physical pain and suffering are hanging on. <br /><br />The furry-fluffiness of your animals must be a healing aspect of their presence, too. What a gift they are.gretchenjoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.com