Who would have thought that coming to work in a war zone would
introduce me to other Survivors!! It
seems so strange to me that I came out here to help myself heal and whilst that
has happened, I have also met up with other Survivors and have been able to
help them on their path to recovery.
It was not something that even crossed my mind when I applied
for this job and when I shared my blog on Facebook I never thought that any of
my new friends and colleagues would be affected by my posts. Yet this is exactly what has happened.
The first approach was not a complete surprise if I am
honest. I had already got to know the
person involved, but had never been in the situation where I was able to
question them about their past. But I
just got that feeling. Something like
recognising parts of myself in someone else and knowing where those parts
originated and how they came about. The
revelation that this person was also a Victim raised mixed feelings in me of
course. Firstly sadness that here was
another person who’d had their childhood stolen, then happiness that my blog
had given them the strength they needed to talk about what had happened to
them. Because being able to share our
pain is really important. We all
experience it differently, but it is nice to know we aren’t alone.
The second person was a shock at first, but once I had
reflected on it, so much made sense. Isn’t
it funny how sometimes things are staring us straight in the face, but for
whatever reason, we just don’t see it.
But since then, I have become firm friends with both of these
people and it has only added to my belief that I really am helping by working
out here. Maybe not in any big ways, but
a little at a time. And my determination
to keep working on this blog has been reinforced.
