Tessa

“That’s what the gods do,” he says, “they spin threads of ruin through the fabric of our lives, all to make a song for generations to come.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“From a strength-based perspective, stress adaptation promotes attention shifting, which enables children and teens exposed to trauma to take advantage of fleeting opportunities, even though it can also interfere with sustained attention (Ellis et al., 2017).”
― Patricia A. Jennings, The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching