Our collective debris of hurt, terrified confusion, addiction and advice manipulates to stunt us to the point of destruction. It’s hard to break through a built-up crust of expectations when we are constantly dumped on by those who seem to ‘have it together’. We have been told–Don’t touch! Don’t look! Don’t drink! Don’t over-do it! Stay away! Don’t worry! I need to have faith in me, to reach for the sun, push through my hardened, protective skin and grow strong and healthy again.