Cara Fuller Engelbrecht

“The scan of the child who had been through trauma looked like Swiss cheese. Almost all of their brain activity occurs in the “fight-flight-or-freeze” part of the brain, with little activity in the cerebral cortex — the part of the brain that allows us to think and process rationally.”
― Jennie Lynn Owens, Dancing with a Porcupine: Parenting wounded children without losing your self

“Similarly, regardless of the race of their adoptive parents, they reflected positive feelings of self-regard.”
― Rita J. Simon, In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

“Woodberry’s research gave conclusive evidence that, for the last three hundred years, missionaries have been the most significant factor in creating healthy societies.”
― Eugene Bach, Jesus in Iran

“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections. There is nothing like it in the world.”
― Teri Wilson, The Accidental Beauty Queen