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Human Development and Trauma: How Childhood Shapes Us into Who We Are as Adults by Darius Cikanavicius

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The truth is that mistakes are not only unavoidable but useful and necessary for growth. Yet if the child is not allowed to make them, or to pursue their own interests, explore, experiment, make suboptimal decisions, and learn from all of ...more

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“If someone judges you for how long it’s taking you to move past a loved one’s death, be happy for them, because it means they’ve never experienced it.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Broken Pieces

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“Losing a loved one, no matter the circumstances, was the most heartbreaking thing a person could endure. But living for them, loving them even after loss, was healing too. Because they would always be around us, wanting us to live with all our hearts. Wanting us to love and wanting us to live a life so full, there would be no room for regrets when our time to pass arrived.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Broken Pieces

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“Grief was walking through a minefield with no protection or guide.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Broken Pieces

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“Some people are only in our lives for a short time, but the mark they leave on us is a cherished tattoo.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Broken Pieces

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“Death is the best lesson in life. Death teaches us to live, for the short amount of time we are here. Death teaches us to live with all our heart and soul, day by day, minute by treasured minute.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Broken Pieces

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