📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/24/healing-old-wounds/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

In this episode, Christopher revisits a journal entry about the kind of pain that doesn’t stay neatly in the past. You know the kind — the wounds that flare up when life gets loud, when stress hits hard, when the world feels a little too chaotic for its own good.

He opens the door to what healing actually looks like on an ordinary Tuesday. The slow work. The honest work. The kind that doesn’t make headlines but changes the way you breathe. It’s a reminder that even when old hurts rise to the surface, they’re not proof of failure. They’re proof you’re still growing. Still choosing courage. Still saying, “I’m trying… and that counts.”

If you’ve ever wondered why an old memory can knock the wind out of you, or why your heart tightens before your mind catches up, pull up a chair. This one’s a gentle companion for anyone carrying more than they let on.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

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