Hearts on the Page: On Trauma, Writing and Connecting with Readers

Honesty and Life in Every Moment, Every Piece

Jenny Justice
Nov 1 · 4 min read
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

I have been going through some PTSD of late. From multiple sources. All at once. I was talking with a friend and I asked him, jokingly, why we could not have some sort of trauma quota. I have had enough. Childhood, young adult, twenties, thirties, this sort, that sort, over…

Jenny Justice

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A Poet Mom who brings Poetry to life in ways that spark empathy, connection, joy, justice, and feeling. Sociologist. Writer. Poetry Fangirl ❤POM Poet❤

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