like the ground beneath her had disappeared. A friend listened to Suzanne

explain her feelings and helped her process the death of her husband. She

understood that she would need to surrender herself to the journey of healing.

At first, Suzanne slipped into a denial stage. Realizing that would not help

her, she began to reach out for help. Suzanne began to work with developmental

trauma and wrote, “You Make Your Path By Walking.” It took her four years to be

able to revisit her trauma. Suzanne explains the importance of community. At

this stage, she realized she was faced with another decision. Would she try to

get back to where she was? Or be reborn?