Every Tuesday she’s writing about the book Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes and blogging about the insight it gives her into her son’s behavior. (For those who haven’t had Julia on their blogrolls, her son had a kidney transplant over a year ago and her daughter is facing one in upcoming months.) She picked up the book after AmFam blogged about it in the context of her daughter L’s adoption.
If you have a child who has experienced trauma, it sounds like this book is a difficult read but an important one. Julia’s blog posts are heart wrenching but I also see them as hopeful because behind them is a mother who will do anything to help her children no matter how hard it is for her.
That Julia — she’s a good egg. And an inspiration.
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That’s the great thing about the internets – It might have taken me a long time to find that book, if ever.
It is hard, but it’s been worth it. I committed to writing about it weekly because I knew I would keep putting it off. I’d been through the book once but had trouble getting in to it deeper. I have noticed that I wait until the last possible time on Tuesday, so maybe I’m not writing a lot about it in the posts – but enough to keep it front and center in my mind.
Thanks Dawn, you always say nice things about people digging deep on a subject. And you always dig deep too.