Growing Up in the Aftershock of Trauma
Christy Fuller
You do not have to live through the earthquake to be affected by the damage. You may not have been there when the plates shifted and everything broke apart, but you were born in the rubble and raised in a home that sat precariously on shaky ground with a cracked foundation and a damaged family surviving inside. That’s what it’s like growing up in the aftershock of trauma. The original pain may not have been yours. Still, the effects show up in all kinds of sometimes unpredictable ways, from the way people talk (or don’t) to and within your family, the way love is given (or withheld), and the silence...
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