Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I am reading Black Swan by . Black Swan, the twelve lessons of abandonment recovery is emotional and spiritual healing for those suffering the loss of a love. The book is less than 120 pages and encourages becoming stronger, being grateful and growing so that you can not only help yourself but being aware of others, so you can help them. I recognize that I have abandonment issues from the death of my father (I was about 2 years of age) and nada; I purchased this book to help me deal with my emotions and to work on my healing. The young girl in the story is taken by her father into the woods and placed on a high rock; she is told to sit there and her father would be back soon. He never returns and the young girl gets off the rock and wanders thru the woods. She eventually finds shelter and is very traumatized by her abandonment. A kind woman and a black swan help the young girl learn to love and protect herself. The beginning has a special place with me because one of nada's favorite stories was that she could take me into a store and place me in a chair and go shopping. It did not matter how long she spent shopping, I was a " good girl " and was still on the chair when she came back. At some point nada no longer enjoyed telling this story. My guess is that someone told her it was child abuse to treat a child in this manner. When I read Judy Garland's autobiography, (things that her mother said to Judy) I had flashbacks of nada talking to me: if you don't be good and sit still, I will never come back. If you move, you will be lost and never see me again and on and on and on. Ugly memories. And of course, who could I tell, who would believe me? May we all heal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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