“It makes me wonder', [Koffi] pondered out loud. 'If something bad happened here when you were a little kid, if the emotions you have when you think about the jungle are always bad, maybe that's what the jungle will always give back to you. And the only way to make that stop is to face that bad thing head-on.” HealingTrauma Author:Ayana Gray
“We let each other sit in grief for the lives we had, for the girls we could’ve been, if the world were kinder.” FriendshipGriefHealingTraumaVulnerabilityTendernessWomanhoodBittersweetSocial CommentaryLost Potential Book:I, Medusa Source: I, Medusa
“Face it,' Koffi said firmly. 'Don't run from it anymore.' 'I don't know how to face it'. [Ekon] 'Acknowledge what happened,' she murmured. 'What really happened. And then forgive yourself for it.” FriendshipHealingTrauma Book:Beasts of Prey Source: Beasts of Prey