by Cathy Terranova | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
I keep hearing this: Things could be worse. You could be blind, you could lose your legs, you could always be worse. However rationally accurate this argument can be, it isn’t healthy or fair. Maybe, if I were Jesus, I’d feel differently because I...
by Cathy Terranova | Apr 1, 2015 | Caregiving, Rethink Trauma
I have to start this post by giving a little background on myself so you understand where I am coming from when I discuss support. I was raised in a military family. For all of my childhood we moved and left people behind. I was used to leaving people & vise...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 25, 2015 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Chronic Heroes, Rethink Trauma
So, I am sure you have heard about my beautiful daughter. Her name is Cathy. She is 25 years old and she is the most amazing woman in the world. Of course, I am extraordinarily biased….she IS my daughter after all. I don’t know HOW you met her but let...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 1, 2015 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Sitting at a picnic table out side at my community college’s Woodbridge campus I heard the most difficult piece of advice I ever fully accepted. Little did I know that it was coming from a recovering alcoholic and even now I couldn’t have guessed how this...
by Cathy Terranova | Jan 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Staring at the screen of this computer someone is lending me indefinitely, trying to write a post for the new website another friend made me, in a bed that someone else gave me, in a house that Doug and I are welcome to stay in rent-free, I can’t help but be...
