Agonizing emotional releases no longer frighten or appall me. Grieving loss with tears – the physical release of pain – is required as much as sleeping, eating, or bathing.
The womb-wounds of women are often their most tightly gripped secrets, and, while you certainly do not owe your story to anyone, I have found that much healing comes from bringing our experiences out of the dark.
Only once in an eternity does God launch this kind of heart-rocket. How could I turn away? I suddenly felt compassion for my friend, struggling as he was to find his faith in love after such a tremendous loss.
I will not tell you that it’s all going to be ok, for you will never be the same. Time will heal some of the wounds and you will begin to feel bent rather than broken.
You will heal yourself at a very deep level because you found the courage to go dark. It will not obliterate you. It will propel you, not only back to the surface but further on up into the stratosphere, where you will fly.