The Unwinding of the Miracle: A memoir of life, death and everything that comes after

by Julie Yip-Williams

I thought love to be unattainable because I believed I was unlovable. I mean, who would ever want me, as physically defective as I was?

soul remembers trauma long before the mind can retain actual memories.

“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” Yes, I suppose that my death will diminish you, but I also understand now that my living and fighting makes you greater than you are. We humans are resilient little bugs. And indeed, anyone who chooses to live and fight and show by example the power of the human spirit that we all share, and its determination to persevere against the brutalities of what life can bring, strengthens us all with a sense of the tremendous potential and fortitude that lie within each of us, a potential that is realized only when truly tested.