Experience your pain. Embrace your silence. When the time feels right, find your way back to your words -- and write.

Words allow us to unravel the knot inside and to make sense of our loss, not bury it within. For in our sadness and pain, we can be remade. We can learn how to understand our trauma and give it a container -- a story -- to hold it.

In facing our shattered life stories, we must reach deep inside our pain -- for it is here that we can break our silence and find our new voice.

Writing is a beautiful way to let out pain. When you put your story out there, you release it. Once it is no longer buried or stuck within you, you are free to move forward.

When troubled, we need to burrow down in a comfy spot, find the form of words that works best, and write.