It is summer here in the US and a time of many comings and goings. Vacations, summer camps, and young adults graduating and launching for the lucky (I won't talk about all the involuntary departures...)

It is often a time of trauma activations for survivors of trauma and neglect. Loss is the core of neglect trauma, so real or imagined, or even what are in real time short interludes of absence, can stimulate the survival terror of rejection, abandonment, or the desolation of "simple" absence. But I also have a message of hope, about a little guy who seemed to be truly gone, but through intention, care and loving, and knowledgeable action, found its way back.

It's Pride Weekend here in San Francisco. Happy Pride to all!