Showing posts with label Child Trauma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child Trauma. Show all posts

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem "And Still I Rise" - Her Voice Warms My Soul..... As My Southern Soul Sisters Would Say.... "Just Like Buttah!"



What a beautiful woman with a magical spirit, who overcame such atrocities and eventually emerged, her self and her voice intact. She has been an inspiration to men and women and children, everywhere. Just the sound of her voice spreads warm syrup over my heart... every single time. Sharing this with you on a Sunday morning... hoping it warms your soul and you can share in her tenacious and joyful message... :))  As my Southern sisters would say "Just like buttah!!"

Sunday, June 29, 2014

"A Good Man" Is A Short Wonderful Video About LGBT Youth Aftermath & Healing :)



This is a beautiful short animated film made by StoryCorps, about the conversation between two brothers who shared an evening of conversation. They and their 6 other siblings had survived a difficult childhood and had all become completely estranged from their parents. The narrator was the oldest brother who had been cast out of the family the night his father had discovered a love letter exchanged between his son and another guy... This son was literally abandoned in the forest... Somehow, he survived.
Years later, the phone rang...
This film gives us a glimpse into the unspeakable horror with which some children and teens are treated when their families discover that they are "gay" or "lesbian" or "bisexual" or "transgendered." 
Reach out, be sensitive, be kind and be open. PFLAG is an amazing organization and this is an amazing animated short film. Thank you guys. May the dialogues begin... :))

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Brain Flight: Happening TODAY! Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day National Launch

HAPPENING TODAY: 

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day National Launch 1:45 p.m. EDT.

Please join us and watch live via

Use Hashtags and Twitter to Join the Conversation. The Instructions Will Be Right There... 

                               (along with the support chat link, too! See you there?) 

Kind regards
- Valerie