My sister and I have been cleaning out our childhood home after our parents moved, and we keep finding evidence of things we both remember differently — or that one of us blocked out entirely. The conversations we're having about what really happened are breaking something open between us that feels both necessary and terrifying.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared history becomes contested ground when two people begin to name what they lost and what they survived.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost childhood?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.