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Esther Stanway-Williams's avatar

They say we are only sent what we can handle. I say, it is a miracle for some of us that we handle what we are sent. You’re in that category. Honoured to have crossed paths with you, Rea ❤️

Rea de Miranda's avatar

It was a miracle that we survived, Esther. I am honored by your presence. <3 <3

Deer Girl's avatar

We’re glad you made it 🤍

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Deer. I am grateful. <3 <3

Virginia Curtis's avatar

I've been following and reading you long enough to say, I can see how far you've come from this place. I respect and admire you so for sharing and articulating your journey. Love, Virg.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for the kind words, Virg. ❤️

Marcia Abboud's avatar

Gut-wrenching, Rea 💔 You've come so far. You are a testament to resilience and courage. Your journey, and all you've endured, will be of service to many. I'm sorry for the brutality of it, but what a gift you are to others.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, lovely Marcia. I didn't feel courageous, I felt beaten, but I survived. 💗

Marcia Abboud's avatar

Yes you did 🤍

Ann Lyons's avatar

Dear Rea,

I have dipped into your posts and read about the loss, through suicide, of your son. I have read how your voice has offered hope to others throughout your own journey of healing from your trauma.

I commend you on your resilience and strength and I feel an overwhelming sense of sadness for you and others who have their own struggles with life.

I hope you don’t mind but I’ve wanted to share a piece of writing that your posts prompted today.

Deep within we hold the pain

The pain you cannot see shrouded in the torment of why’s

and the hollow silence of the empty replies.

It seems as though

we are destined to

Walk a road

we did not choose.

How do we comfort a soul

that has been ripped apart,

And learn to live forever

With a broken heart.

Sending you love and light Rea.

🦋

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for this lovely poem, Ann! I wasn't strong. I fell apart countless times and tried suicide more than once. There is no explanation why I survived my madness. But, I can support others because I understand.

Sending love and peace. 🤍

Ann Lyons's avatar

There is strength in the acknowledgment of your own pain xx

Parker McCoy's avatar

Sometimes the physical battles really are easier but we forge ahead into the inner battles, too. Life is one challenge after another, with some cool stuff to read in between. Best wishes and thank you for sharing, Rea.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Parker. That’s all we can do in times of trouble, forge ahead.

Chano's avatar

Rea, your words are raw and deeply moving. The battle within can be far harder than any physical one, yet your courage and gratitude shine through. Thank you for sharing your truth. It’s a reminder that even in pain, healing is possible. 💔

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Chano. We have to make a decision to overcome it. ❤️

Jen Reich's avatar

Grateful you made it. 🙏🏼

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Me too. Thank you, Jen. 🙏

Elham Sarikhani's avatar

Rea, this reads like a psalm written in the middle of the storm.

Surviving your own mind can feel harder than surviving war.

And the grace is this: you did survive. Healing transfigured anguish into strength that finally learned to breathe.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for your lovely encouraging comment, Elham. It was a prayer in a storm. 🤍

Stephanie C. Bell's avatar

You did the deep work, Rea. And you help others to do the same. Thank you for your strength and light!!!!

Rea de Miranda's avatar

That's what I hope for, Stephanie. Thank you for your kind words. 🤍🤍

Beth L. Gainer's avatar

Wow, Rea. This is a powerful post. Physical injuries hurt, but it's the emotional scars that have the most difficulty healing. It's so difficult to handle what is thrown our way.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Depression made it worse, and my mind controlled me. I'm grateful to have a second chance. Thank you, Beth.

Brenda - A Voice that Wonders's avatar

Rea… you’ve come a long way… so happy that you have 🌸

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Brenda. 🌻

Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Glad she made it through.

Trauma, grief agony, cruel.

Now shines light on truths.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Our spirit deepens when we suffer.

Thank you, Marisol. ❤️🙏

Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

🕯️

💝

🙏🏼

VedicSoul - By~ A Bhardwaj's avatar

You have not just survived; you have transmuted agony into awareness.

With reverence for the heart that wrote then, and the soul that shares now.

🙏🙏

Rea de Miranda's avatar

I think I learned my lesson now. Thank you for your encouraging comment.

Namaste

🙏💗

Nancy Hesting's avatar

I am so glad you made it through all of the grief to a more happier place. You are so much stronger than you think.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

I didn't think so, at the time. Thank you, dear Nancy. 💞