Memory’s surge burns deep. One Thousand Gifts Children sexually abused internalize maltreatment, a legacy which may contribute to later promiscuity. The reaction to emotional debasement can be as devastating, if not more so, than physical abuse. Just as adult bullied targets develop a “tattoo in the brain,” from “amygdala hijacking” repeated emotional abuse over a …Read the Rest

Last week Houston experienced a deluge – massive quantities of water overflowing river banks, the resulting cataclysm literally crumbling residents’ backyards. Some even drowned in the excess, or vanished in torrential flooding.