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Parenting after ACEs: Small Changes & Huge Differences

Cissy White — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:03:39 +0000

(Part 2 & Part 1) I didn’t know how well a cry could be soothed, warmed, tended. I didn’t know how satisfying it would feel to cuddle, coddle, and cradle my baby girl. She was so tiny, only 10 pounds though ten months, because of living in an orphanage without enough food or love. I […]

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Fireworks of Fear & Fury: Prying the Stories Out of Silence (part 2)

Cissy White — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:43:12 +0000

Part 1 was When Safety Isn’t the First Song. The story goes, my father chased my mother with a knife, as she ran with me in her arms. The story goes he was a violent drunk. The story goes he broke the ribs by punching a toddler off the twin bed. The story goes he […]

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Survivors OWN ACEs: Day 3 (30 Days After Oprah)

Cissy White — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:13:22 +0000

Day 3 Aha: ACE Scores Matter & How Not to Die Early (Day 2, Day 1/Intro) On 60 Minutes, Oprah reported the following: “For anyone, a high score on the ACE test is a powerful predictor of physical and mental problems down the road. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it makes you five […]

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When Your Kid is Too Good for Brené Brown (Cross Posted on ACEs Connection)

Cissy White — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:34:00 +0000

Childhood, like literature, lasts.” Lance Woolaver, paraphrased from his book, Maud Lewis: The Heart at the Door. Even in the midst of conflict, I have known moments of maternal bliss. I had one just recently when my daughter and I hit a snag. It wasn’t one of the ugly, awful or prolonged versions. That’s not due to me […]

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Mothering at the Edge of Change

Cissy White — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:38:28 +0000

I sit the edge of my bed folding socks and memories. A middle-aged mother. I am in so many kinds of transition. Some mornings, I hear her feet soft on carpeted stairs, see her long hair rolling down her back almost touching the hips which have started to form. All the years I gathered her […]

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