Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home

by Gregg Olsen

The thing about trauma that many fail to grasp is that it frequently is a magnet for more of the same.

It is simply a fact that left unchecked, trauma can manifest itself into other problems.

Drug use. Lies. Trouble maintaining r...

The past is the past. Forgiveness is needed to move on.

What she did from that moment forward, steps big and small, were up to her. Forgiveness. Such a big word. So much behind it.

Hate is taking me down, she thought. Guilt steeped in anger sometimes festers.

She felt a staggering sense of guilt for being alive.