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ALEXITHYMIA: NO WORDS FOR FEELINGS I had a widowed aunt with a painful trauma history who became an honorary grandmother to our children.
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Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma)
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(I) realize that maybe my daughter did miss out on a big family life as an only child, but what she got instead was just as valuable. How many girls have an honorary aunt like Iva Lou? Sometimes what we don't get in this life makes way for something even better.
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Adriana Trigiani (Milk Glass Moon :)